Great+Awakening

__ Great Awakening: Fantastic Facts __ -Because, the colonists feared they were loosing religious passion, this lead to movement -Great Awakening is a large religious movement in the 1730’s- 1740’s -Traveling ministers, like Jonathan Edwards, preached powerful, raw sermons about inner-religious emotion -This lead to __some__ women’s acceptance (for example, into the church) and congregations splitting -These thoughts/beliefs contributed to the __revolutionary__ ideas of challenging authority, political equality, and taking acting, which would lead to the idea of…declaring independence J  Maille FInnegan

__ The great awakening character captain __

Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards is a man that was speaking the word of god. He had sermons that drew thousands, he taught about sinners seeking forgiveness for their sins and trying to make things right, he said that if they didn’t they would face punishment in hell forever. He rose founds to start an orphanage for children who didn’t have homes.

George Whitefield There was a British minister named George Whitefield, he held revivals from Georgia to New England. Tristen Borden

The Great Awakening-Wonderful words

Great awakening- A religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730's and the 1740's.

Colonies- A group of people that decent on a certain territory.