Create a T-Chart on page 25 of your Composition Book Enlightenment vs. Great Awakening (page in your textbook) You must include the following on the Enlightenment side: define the Enlightenment movement, define rationalism, describe the importance of John Locke, describe the Social Contract, read about John Locke and Ben Franklin on page 40 and summarize You must include the following on the Great Awakening side: define the Awakening movement, describe Jonathan Edwards’ importance, describe the new churches In the middle you must read the last paragraph on page 47 and summarize!
Great Awakening Stressed “pietism”—individual’s devoutness to God Ministers held “revivals”? Large meetings for preaching and prayer Many Christian churches split into factions New Lights: Baptists and Methodists (against slavery) Old Lights: Puritans and Anglicans Great Awakening undermined loyalty to traditional authority. Popular among farmers, urban and rural poor, free blacks and slaves
Enlightenment Exclusive to those who were educated and upper class Rationalism Universal Laws Natural Rights- “Life, Liberty and Property” John Locke People have a “social contract” with their government Government must have the consent of the people
“Renaissance Man,” Leaders of the Enlightenment Thomas Jefferson- the leading Enlightened philosopher in the colonies as well as a – lawyer, planter, writer, musician, architect, scientist, politician, ambassador, president Ben Franklin-self-made man, linguist, scientist, writer, statesman, etc. Signed every important document of the revolutionary era
Test essay! Describe which colonial movement in the early 1700s you believe is more influential on American society during the Revolutionary period and today: The Great Awakening or the Enlightenment. Remember, you are persuading me of your side, so you must choose only one of the movements. Include any important leaders or groups in this movement, as well as any famous quotes.
Liberal Feminism, Enlightenment Mary Wollstonecraft A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) Judith Sargent Murray (Constantia) The Gleaner (1792) Argued that lack of education, not nature, was responsible for female inferiority
COLLECTIVE IMPACT OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT & THE GREAT AWAKENING Decline of Hierarchies and Acceptance of Diversity – Willingness to question authority – Decline of “City on a Hill”orthodoxy End of established state religions (separation of church and state) Belief that common men are as good as or better than wealthy men – Natural Rights: “Life, Liberty, and Property”—John Locke Faith in higher laws – Universal “natural laws” – Biblical laws Unified the colonists & helped prepare them for a REVOLUTION