THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
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people were becoming less religious in the colonies
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people were inspired by the Protestant Reformation in Europe
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people began looking for religious solutions to economic problems
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people began to reject the teachings of the Anglican church
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Detailed explanation-1: -First Great Awakening Christians were feeling complacent with their methods of worship, and some were disillusioned with how wealth and rationalism were dominating culture. Many began to crave a return to religious piety.
Detailed explanation-2: -The revivals had weakened the hold of the established churches in colonial America, and large numbers of Christians joined new evangelical churches like those of the Baptists or Methodists. The Great Awakening also contributed to colonial religious liberty by changing the balance of religious power.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Great Awakening inspired greater religious freedom. It led to the formation of many new types of churches. The new churches placed an emphasis on having personal faith rather than on church rituals. More colonists began choosing their own faiths, and the strength of established official churches declined.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Great Awakening, which occurred in the 1730s and 1740s, greatly increased religious toleration in the American colonies. This large movement began in Massachusetts when Jonathan Edwards preached the fact that a person cannot go to Heaven based on their good works.