THE GREAT AWAKENING VS.
THE ENLIGHTENMENT
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
JONATHAN EDWARDS
Best known preacher of Great
Awakening• Famous Sermon:
“Sinners in the hands of an angry God”
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
THE ENLIGHTENMENT
1700’s -1790’s
Emphasized reason and
science as paths to knowledge
Began in Europe, then came
to America
HISTORY MAKERS
Science – Newton’s laws
Philosophy – John Locke (natural
rights: life, liberty and property)
Inventions- Ben Franklin (Lightning
rod, bifocals, Franklin Stove)
POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC
A yearly book written by Ben
Franklin
Had weather predictions,
clever sayings, stories, poems,
etc.
“Haste Makes Waste”
SIGNIFICANCE
Enlightenment ideas of
natural rights and
government by agreement
influenced colonists
Helped spur American
Revolution!
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