SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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Ben Franklin
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George Whitefield
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William Penn
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Peter Stuyvestant
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Detailed explanation-1: -George Whitefield, together with John Wesley and Charles Wesley, founded the Methodist movement. An Anglican evangelist and the leader of Calvinistic Methodists, he was the most popular preacher of the Evangelical Revival in Great Britain and the Great Awakening in America.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most historians consider Jonathan Edwards, a Northampton Anglican minister, one of the chief fathers of the Great Awakening. Edwards’ message centered on the idea that humans were sinners, God was an angry judge and individuals needed to ask for forgiveness. He also preached justification by faith alone.
Detailed explanation-3: -Over the course of his life, Whitefield made many transatlantic voyages between England and the American colonies, preaching the New Birth everywhere he went. He became one of the most influential voices of the First Great Awakening in England and America.
Detailed explanation-4: -George Whitefield was probably the most famous religious figure of the eighteenth century. Newspapers called him the ‘marvel of the age’. Whitefield was a preacher capable of commanding thousands on two continents through the sheer power of his oratory.