The Great Awakening. Religious Interest Wealthy colonists typically belonged to Church of England Other colonists- Quaker, Lutheran Congregationalist,

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The Great Awakening

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

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

Cotton Mather’s House

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

Great Awakening Leaders Jonathan EdwardsGeorge Whitefield

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

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

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

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

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?

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!