THE GREAT AWAKENING VS. THE ENLIGHTENMENT. GREAT AWAKENING 1730’s-1740’s Traveling ministers...

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THE GREAT AWAKENING VS. THE ENLIGHTENMENT

Transcript of THE GREAT AWAKENING VS. THE ENLIGHTENMENT. GREAT AWAKENING 1730’s-1740’s Traveling ministers...

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THE GREAT AWAKENING VS.

THE ENLIGHTENMENT

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GREAT AWAKENING

1730’s-1740’s

Traveling ministers stirred up religious

emotions and fearsTerrified listeners

with images of God’s anger but promised salvation to those who did as

they were told

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JONATHAN EDWARDS

Best known preacher of Great

Awakening• Famous Sermon:

“Sinners in the hands of an angry God”

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SIGNIFICANCE

Inspired colonists to return to

religious roots and do charitable

work

Churches gained 50,000 new

members

Founded religious colleges like

Brown and Princeton

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THE ENLIGHTENMENT

1700’s -1790’s

Emphasized reason and

science as paths to knowledge

Began in Europe, then came

to America

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HISTORY MAKERS

Science – Newton’s laws

Philosophy – John Locke (natural

rights: life, liberty and property)

Inventions- Ben Franklin (Lightning

rod, bifocals, Franklin Stove)

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POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC

A yearly book written by Ben

Franklin

Had weather predictions,

clever sayings, stories, poems,

etc.

“Haste Makes Waste”

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SIGNIFICANCE

Enlightenment ideas of

natural rights and

government by agreement

influenced colonists

Helped spur American

Revolution!