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"In 1739 arrived among us from Ireland the Reverend Mr. [George] Whitefield, who hadmade himself remarkable there as an itinerant preacher. He was at first permitted to preach insome of our churches; but the clergy, taking a dislike to him, soon refused him their pulpits,and he was obliged to preach in the fields. The multitudes of all sects and denominationsthat attended his sermons were enormous. . . . It was wonderful to see the change soon madein the manners of our inhabitants. From being thoughtless or indifferent about religion, itseemed as if all the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk thro' the town inan evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street."Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin1. Whitefield's impact suggests that religious culture among British North Americancolonists in the 1700s was most directly shaped by(A) Roman Catholic influences(B) interest in commerce and business(C) trans-Atlantic exchanges(D) reliance on agriculture

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