Religion, a huge part of America involved almost all colonists. ... The Great Awakening swept through eighteenth century America and awoke the sleeping religious practices of early American citizens. In all the colonial churches, religion was less fervid in the early eighteenth century. ... Religion had become too staid, selective and authoritarian for Americans. ... According to Whitefield the key test of one's election was whether one had had an emotional experience of conversion. ...

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