SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Roger WIlliams
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Jonathon Edwards
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John Rolfe
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John Smith
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Jonathan Edwards was the great academician and apologist of the Great Awakening. A Congregational pastor at Northampton, Massachusetts, he preached justification by faith alone with remarkable effectiveness.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most famous leader in the Second Great Awak-ening was the Reverend Charles Grandison Finney (1792– 1875). Finney was a minister in the Presbyterian Church, which traditionally held Calvinist beliefs. Calvinism is a Protestant theology that includes a doctrine of predesti-nation.