Describe the Great Awakening Period of the 1730s and 1740s?

Answer 1

It was a religious revival, like the one we're in now, in which a large segment of American society thought that you had to have a personal revelation to have a relationship with God; that sitting in the pews at your Established Church wasn't enough. It was a reaction to the lack of religion in the earlier (post-Puritan) generation; those guys were disenchanted with Puritanism and were fairly agnostic. What affect did The Great Awakening have on American history? It bred the American Revolution.

Answer 2

Led by Jonathan Edwards. he first real religious revival in the colonies. What made it so important, however, was not the religious aspect, but rather that everyone in the colonies had knowledge of it and it was the first real colonial event that united the 13 colonies together as one. More than anything else the Great Awakening made America one country rather than 13 smaller ones. The second great importance of it was that Edwards preached that people had a choice if they went to heaven or hell. The Puritans had taught strict Calvinism, and predestination ism. They believed people had no choice. The teaching of Edwards was also a major step toward democracy in practice in the colonies, because each person could make a choice.