Great Awakening Impact on American Society: Revival, Change, Connection
The Great Awakening in the 18th century brought about significant changes in American society, including the founding of new churches, highly emotional revival events, and the establishment of new colleges to train ministers. Figures like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield played key roles in spreading religious fervor and challenging social hierarchies. This movement led to a more connected Northern and Southern colonies and a shift towards a more egalitarian society with the clash of Old Lights versus New Lights.
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What was it? 1740 -1770 = 1,200 new churches across colonies Presbyterian, Baptists, Methodists, & other denominations Highly emotional outdoor revival events Conversion
Jonathan Edwards The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect, looks over the fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire.
New Colleges Across the Colonies 1750s & 1760s = Colleges founded to train ministers http://www.conservapedia.com/images/thumb/4/47/Whitefield.jpg/250px-Whitefield.jpg Princeton, Brown University, Rutgers, Dartmouth George Whitfield
George Whitfield 1739 -1740 = itinerant British minister tours the American colonies Criticized as a peddler of divinity
How did the Great Awakening change American society? Less hierarchy within the church and society Northern and Southern colonies connected for the first time Old Lights vs. New Lights
