The Great Awakening
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Transcript of The Great Awakening
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The Great Awakening
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What Was It?
• A period of religious revival in the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s
• Traveling preachers told listeners to commit to God
• Emphasized separation of church and state
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What was the goal of the Great Awakening?
Revive religious feeling
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How did the Great Awakening contribute to increased tolerance of religious differences
in the American Colonies?
• Increased number of different denominations (churches)
• New churches, such as Methodists and Baptists, started and grew quickly
• Different kinds of church services offered increased
• Population diversity among congregation.
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What effects did the Great Awakening have on organized
religion in the colonies?
• Made Christianity more diverse ethnically and racially • Strengthened new denominations and weakened
older ones (Puritan)
• Colonists:– Began to question religious and political authority– Felt empowered to worship as they pleased – Wanted to govern themselves