... also founded a seminary to train clergymen, now known as Princeton University. The movement spread to New England to the Puritans and Baptists. One of the main figures in the Great Awakening, Jonathan Edwards, gave emotionally charged sermons. His sermons usually focused on "terrifying images of the utter corruption of human nature and the terrors awaiting the unrepentant in Hell" (Heyrman). One ... that all denominations were equal, and all "Americans shared a common evangelical view of life" (Lecture Four). This idea of religious pluralism was something never seen before. Another effe...

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... . Historians have estimated that twenty-five to fifty thousand were added to the churches in New England as result of the revivals (Toward the Great Awakening, pg. 21). Whitefield embarked to Georgia where revival also sprung up. (George Whitefield's Journals pg. 152). George Whitefield took on the Methodist ... and is regarded as the germ from which sprang Princeton College and several lesser institutions of learning. Many graduates became revival preachers in the Great Awakening (Famous Americans, n.pg.). In 1744 he became pastor of a new church in Philadelphia that had been formed by a...

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... . The Puritan Church basically ran the newly formed government. As people began to lose interest in the church, this brought dramatic changes to the young and fragile "country". The Great Awakening led Americans to be more tolerant of other religions. It also led the American public to feel more united. These events and many more paved the way for a new way ... people to work more. The Puritan work ethic stated that not to work is a sin. More people working and making more money gave a boost to the American economy. The Great Awakening of the eighteenth century also had a huge effect on ...

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... . The Puritan Church basically ran the newly formed government. As people began to lose interest in the church, this brought dramatic changes to the young and fragile "country". The Great Awakening led Americans to be more tolerant of other religions. It also led the American public to feel more united. These events and many more paved the way for a new way ... people to work more. The Puritan work ethic stated that not to work is a sin. More people working and making more money gave a boost to the American economy. The Great Awakening of the eighteenth century also had a huge effect on ...

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... the Eastern seaboard, transforming the social and religious life of land. Although the name is not really what it sounds, the Great Awakening was not one continuous revival; rather it was several revivals in a variety of locations. The awakening altered the way people were educated by adding new universities, their identities, and also the way everyone thought of the authorities and how ... from the doctrines of the Arminians, followers of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminians. Sinners professed conversion and those who were saved "rolled in the snow from religious excitation." The Gre...

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THE GREAT AWAKENING With the decay of the Puritan clergy, in wake of the Salem Witch Trials, the main elements of religious zeal fell into decline. In the backcountry, ... ground in a faint, or cry aloud that they really did feel the power and love of God. These preachers of The Great Awakening made Hell real and vivid, and taught of a vengeful God. The Great Awakening began in the middle colonies in the late 1730's and spread to New England and some areas in the south. One of ... open themselves up to God's spirit. Other ministers, such as George Whitefield and Gilbert Tennent believed and...

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... , and became the first self-made and the first westerner to become president. During his two-term presidency, Jackson expanded executive powers and transformed the President's role. The Second Great Awakening A boiling reaction against growing liberalism in religion started in 1800. It began on the southern frontier and soon rolled into the northeast cities. The Second Great ... Awakening surged across the land. It affected even more people than the First Great Awakening did. It was one of the most momentous episodes in the history of American religion. The Second Great awakening convert...

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... it and two that everyone was greedy to make a profit and slaves were the perfect answer. Even still I believe slavery was one of the worst things America had. Great Awakening: The Great Awakening was a new interoperation of the bible and the righteous path that we should follow in order to go to Heaven. I believe it also was trying to jump start people ... 's religion as the Congressional Church was on its down fall. The Great Awakening was an important piece of history that helped to shape and diversify the churches we know today. It was a set toward opening new doors for more diversity...

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... and skill at expressing himself and his spiritual inclinations. He was a major religious influence in 18th century America. Other religious leaders sought his advice and opinion about the historical "Great Awakening" of that era. His masterful sermons and eloquent philosophical writings were widely recognized as going beyond preaching the Word of God; as intuitively examining and testing the logic in scripture ... was gifted and intelligent and would have made an effective attorney of law. In his, "Letter to Rev. Dr. Benjamin Colman," Edwards gives his detailed observations of the histo...

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... outcome could have been very different. There is another event that happened before the war. It was called the great awakening. Although it happened before the war it had a huge part in preparing the people of the colonies for war. The great Awakening was a sort of religious wild fire that swept over America. People were asking questions and preachers were giving answers ... felt that this was being threatened by England, they felt it was their religious duty to fight and win over what was thought to be an oppressive tyrant. The "Great Awakening" helped to set the foundation on which th...

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... patient with the sinners and loves them more than is implied. Though God is angry, it is merely time before he lets the wicked people fall into hell. The Great Awakening happened because of Jonathan Edwards. He wanted the great things in religion to be understood and affect peoples heart. Jonathan Edwards sermon, "Sinners of in the Hands of an Angry ... God" was the Great Awakening for everyone. He used great enthusiasm in this sermon and it basically scared people of God and of hell. This sermon captured the eyes of people who did not know ... ...

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