USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s was
A
the Enlightenment
B
the Great Awakening
C
the French and Indian War
D
the Glorious Revolution
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Great Awakening was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s . The movement came at a time when the idea of secular rationalism was being emphasized, and passion for religion had grown stale.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Great Awakening swept the English-speaking world, as religious energy vibrated between England, Wales, Scotland and the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s.

Detailed explanation-3: -The First Great Awakening (sometimes Great Awakening) or the Evangelical Revival was a series of Christian revivals that swept Britain and its thirteen North American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s.

Detailed explanation-4: -What historians call “the first Great Awakening” can best be described as a revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Great Awakening stemmed the tide of Enlightenment rationalism among a great many people in the colonies. One of its results was division within denominations, for some members supported the revival and others rejected it.

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