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Puritanism and Great Awakening

            Puritanism and The Great Awakening greatly impacted the American Society during the 17th and 18th century. They affected the country politically, socially, and economically. 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 of living in America.
             Puritanism during the seventeenth century had many effects on the American Society. Politically, the church ran the government. So when less people were attending church, the Puritan government received less money and less support. It also affected the young country socially by encouraging education to children. Encouraging children to read the bible and spread the word of God required that they know how to read. The Puritans also affected America economically by encouraging 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 the American Society in many ways. It taught the people of America to be more tolerant of other religions besides their own. It also led to the opening of centers for higher education such as Princeton and Dartmouth. It also launched a wave of missionary work with Indians and even black slaves. The Great Awakening was considered by some to be a breakthrough to the American Revolution.
             Puritanism and The Great Awakening affected the American Society in so many ways it's indescribable. From the early affects of a government ran by the Puritan Church to The Great Awakening that led to more competitiveness among churches. These events have forever changed America, and the people of America.


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1. Puritanism and the great awakening

Puritanism and The Great Awakening greatly impacted the American Society during the 17th and 18th century. ... The Great Awakening led Americans to be more tolerant of other religions. ... Puritanism and The Great Awakening affected the American Society in so many ways it's indescribable. From the early affects of a government ran by the Puritan Church to The Great Awakening that led to more competitiveness among churches. ... Some say that The Great Awakening was a major breakthrough to the revolution. ...

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2. Great Awakening

#The Impact of the Great Awakening###The Great Awakening refers to a time in which a change in religious attitude occurred. Before the Great Awakening, colonists had lost a sense of faith in the Puritan religion. ... However, the Great Awakening changed a lot of this new thinking, and helped restore the Puritan faith. ... George Whitefield traveled throughout Pennsylvania to attract more followers in a series of revivals.The greatest impact that the Great Awakening had was church attendance. Before, church congregations consisted of adults, but after the Great Awakening, younger people started...

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3. The Great Awakening

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. ... 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. ... As a result of The Great Awakening, many new beliefs arose in the eyes of the colonists. ... In conclusion, The Great Awakening was the largest religious revival in American history with tens of thousands g...

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4. Great Awakening

Considered as revitalization, an "awakening" of religious devotion, thus called the "Great Awakening", the fear of the flames of hell swept through the American colonies, mainly in New England, between 1730-1745. Dominating Calvinist orthodoxy, which was the main religion that branched off into other sections before the Great Awakening, it divided the religious community internally, into "old lights" and "new lights", those opposed and those supportive of the Great Awakening; caused primarily by a decline in worship attendance, and Enlightenment rationalism. ... Also threatening the Enligh...

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5. The Great Awakening

The Great Awakening The Great Awakening was a series of religious revivals that took the colonies by storm during the 1730's and 1740's. ... The supporters of the Awakening pointed to the apparent degeneration of Puritan values to explain the need for revival (The Great Awakening, pgs. 1-9). ... Many graduates became revival preachers in the Great Awakening (Famous Americans, n.pg.). ... The Great Awakening also influenced the call to missions, especially to the Native Americans. ... And lastly, the Great Awakening sparked a since of freedom and human righ...

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6. Unification of the Colonies

Also, the Half Way Covenant and what was known as the Great Awakening brought together several different people through religion. ... In the middle of the seventeenth century, the fast-growing populations of New England settlements were driving people away from the Puritan church. ... As time went on, strict religious purity became secondary to having a wide variety of religious participation in the Puritan churches. ... These beliefs launched the Great Awakening, creating a more emotional form of religious services. ... From William Penn and the Half-Way Covenant in the 17th century, to th...

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7. The First Great Awakening

The First Great Awakening occurred in the American colonies in the early eighteenth century. ... The movement spread to New England to the Puritans and Baptists. ... There were many lasting effects of the Great Awakening in the colonies. ... The Great Awakening also resulted in the separation of church and state. ... These positive effects of the Great Awakening can still be seen today. ...

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8. Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening

The Great Awakening was a religious revival in the 1730s and 1740s. ... By doing so, Jonathan needs the congregation to believe in him with their heart and soul, therefore, being aware of his audience and the setting, Edwards's uses ethos and pathos to convince the Puritan congregation to obey and believe in God. ... Consider the fearful danger you are in: it is a great furnace of wrath, a wide and bottomless pit, full of the fire of wrath, that you are held over in the hand of that God, whose wrath is provoked and incensed as much against you, as against many of the damned in hell. "(Pg ...

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9. The Great Awakening

The Great Awakening was a series of religious revivals that affected every part of English America in the first half of the eighteenth century. ... Revivals were what defined the Great Awakening. ... Jonathan Edwards was the man that ignited the fire of the Great Awakening. ... The results of the great awakening were numerous. ... Most importantly, the Great Awakening was a common experience for the American people. ...

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