The Great
Awakening
I will learn about the spiritual revival that swept
through the colonies. My goal is________.
Revival
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Great Awakening-a spiritual revival that swept through the colonies between
1730-1760
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Colonies had laws stating that only church members could vote
taxes uses to support churches
Many people were only going to church to please the government, not
because they had accepted Christ as their savior
Johnathan Edwards
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Puritan leader of the Great Awakening
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Moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where he served as a preacher and a missionary to the Indians.
Smart
At 13 he attended college and was the top student
Prayer 5 times a day
At 18 he accepted Christ as his Savior
In 1734, he preached about Salvation to a congregation in Massachusetts that guided the congregation
to accept Christ as their Savior
He became president of Princeton University, Presbyterian school
John Wesley
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Founder of Methodist Church
Studied at Oxford University
1736 he went to Georgia as a missionary
Traveled by horseback and preached in the fields
Organized Christians into Methodists societies to spread the gospel
George Whitefield
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In 1738, he came to America from England
Went Oxford University
Started America’s first orphanage
He preached to people in fields
He urged white slave owners to treat their slaves with kindness
He influenced the founding of 50 colleges in America
David Brainerd
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Missionary
At age 14 he was an orphan
He went to Yale University
He had tuberculosis and smallpox
Ministered in Indian villages
An Indian helper, Tattamy help him interpret
How the Great Awakening Shaped
America
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Drew the colonists together so the nation would be under God
Helped with freedom of religion
Spread of the gospel
Isaac Backus-He was a traveling evangelist, Baptist pastor, spoke out against
religious taxes
Chapter 8 Review
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What was the Great Awakening?
Although most colonists attended church, they still needed a revival. Why?
Who was Johnathan Edwards?
Johnathan Edwards was president of which university before his death?
Where did John Wesley go to college?
Who was Tattamy?
How did the Great Awakening affect America?
Chapter 8 Quiz
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Although most colonists attended church, they still needed a revival. Why?
Who was Johnathan Edwards?
Johnathan Edwards was president of which university before his death?
What was the Great Awakening?
Where did John Wesley go to college?
Who was Tattamy?
How did the Great Awakening affect America?