1. The Great Awakening

2. Religious Interest Wealthy colonists typically belonged to Church of England Other colonists- Quaker, Lutheran Congregationalist, Mennonite, Dutch Reformed Church, Presbyterian Puritans in a minority

3. Religious Interest Colonists taught they could only reach God through church Over time, lose reverence for clergy Cotton Mather- inoculating Bostonians for Small Pox, bomb thrown through his window

4. Cotton Mather’s House

5. The Great Awakening Churches believe its time to renew enthusiasm and commitment Begin series of revivals Great Awakening 1720-1770, period of revived religious feelings

6. Great Awakening Leaders Jonathan EdwardsGeorge Whitefield

7. Great Awakening Leaders Jonathan Edwards – “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” –One of the first George Whitefield –Preached to very large crowds –Taught people to feel God’s power for themselves

8. Great Awakening Itinerant Ministers, (traveling) Preached in other’s churches, or if not welcome, barns or fields Large crowds would come to listen Many ministers not well-educated

9. What did they preach? Anyone can have a personal relationship with God Not wealth or education, but faith and sincerity needed to study gospel Celebration of ordinary people

10. Results In frontier settlements, Baptist and Methodist faiths grew Democratic churches- new churches often allowed dissent (difference of Opinion)

11. Results Affected mostly middle and lower classes Removed authority from religion “priesthood of believers” Response to the idea that wealth and education make you better?

12. Discussion questions Some historians believe the Great Awakening was an awakening of more than just religion. Besides preaching: –what might have gone on at a revival? –what else might have been awakened? Write this down in complete sentences!