U.S History

1. The Great
Awakening
(1730’s)
Unit 4, Lesson 4
By: Mr. Casey

2. Agenda
vocabulary
The great
awakening

3. preacher
(noun) a person
who gives
speeches about
religious
subjects

4. revival
(noun) a
series of
meetings;
many times
religious

5. revival

6. The First Great Awakening
*A period in colonial
history when people
began questioning their
religious leaders and
looking to preachers for a
new kind of faith.

7. The Great Awakening
IN THE PAST, PREACHERS
READ RIGHT FROM THE BIBLE
AND WERE ON A DIFFERENT
LEVEL THAN THEIR
PARISHIONERS -THE GREAT
AWAKENING CHANGED THAT
Remember those mean Puritan
leaders that kicked out Roger
Williams and Anne Hutchinson?

8. The Great Awakening
- Preachers begin traveling throughout
the colonies holding revivals
- The revivals would draw people from
all different religions and economic
groups together
- These new preachers believed that
everyone should be able have an
emotional relationship with god, NOT
JUST CHURCH LEADERS!

9. Leaders of the great awakening
JONATHAN EDWARDS
I BELIEVE THATI BELIEVE THAT
MAN SHOULD HAVEMAN SHOULD HAVE
A RELATIONSHIPA RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD AND BEWITH GOD AND BE
COMMITTED TO ACOMMITTED TO A
LIFE FOR GOD. MANLIFE FOR GOD. MAN
IS FLAWED BUTIS FLAWED BUT
CAN BE SAVED.CAN BE SAVED.
P.S I ALSO BELIEVEP.S I ALSO BELIEVE
IN WOMENIN WOMEN’’SS
RIGHTS!RIGHTS!

10. Leaders of the great awakening
GEORGE WHITEFIELD
THERE SHOULDNTHERE SHOULDN’’TT
BE WALLSBE WALLS
BETWEEN ABETWEEN A
CONGREGATIONCONGREGATION
AND ITS PEOPLE.AND ITS PEOPLE.
PEOPLE SHOULDPEOPLE SHOULD
BE ALLOWED TOBE ALLOWED TO
QUESTIONQUESTION
AUTHORITY!AUTHORITY!
...UNFORTUNATEL...UNFORTUNATEL
Y, I AM STILLY, I AM STILL
PROSLAVERY!PROSLAVERY!

11. The Great Awakening
THE GREAT AWAKENING:
1. INCREASES INTEREST IN RELIGION
AND DEDICATION TO RELIGION
2. TEACHES PEOPLE TO QUESTION
AUTHORITY {REVOLUTION!}
3. CREATES MORE SCHOOLS AND
UNIVERSITIES
4.CREATES NEW RELIGIONS
(METHODISTS, BAPTISTS)
5. SPREADS RELIGION TO THE SLAVE
POPULATION
6. SPREADS RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE