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First Great Awakening: Religious Revival 1740s- 1750s Colonists wanted to revive the doctrines of their Puritan ancestors. Massachusetts charter of 1691 forced Puritans to allow freedom of worship and banned the practice of permitting only Puritan church members to vote. Puritans prospered and their interest in strict puritan code declined. Early 1700s showed a decline in church membership. Jonathon Edwards- A member of clergy who sought to revive the intensity and dedication of the original Puritan vision. He preached of peoples need to come back to the church. Other preachers traveled from village to village stirring people to rededicate themselves to God. This mad it necessary for revival meetings to be held outdoors. -Challenged the authority of established churches. - brought many colonists and Native Americans into the church for the first time - Led to an increased interest in higher education - GA and Enlightenment emphasized opposing aspects of human experience- emotionalism and reason causing people to question traditional authority. Both stressed importance of the individual. (GA by de- emphasizing the role of the church authority) and (Enlightenment by emphasizing human reason) - Both movements helped lead the colonists to question Britain’s Authority over their lies. The Enlightenment: A movement in the 1700s -During the Renaissance, philosophers in Europe began to stress the use of reason and the scientific method to obtain knowledge . -Scientists began looking beyond religious beliefs and traditional assumptions for answers about how the world worked. -Scientists relied on careful observation and reasoning to discover the natural laws and principles governing the world and human behavior -Led By: Nicolau Copernicus, Calileo Calilei, and Sir Newton. -People soon determined that the earth revolved around the sun and not vice versa. -They concluded that the world is governed not by chance or miracles but by fixed mathematical laws -Benjamin Franklin: One outstanding figure who eagerly took the notion of obtaining truth through experimentation and reason. His experiments resulted in several practical inventions. -Ideas spread quickly through the colonies in numerous books and pamphlets -Had a profound effect on political thought in the colonies -Thomas Jefferson used reason to conclude that individuals have natural rights, which governments must respect.
Approximate Word count = 1421
Approximate Pages = 5.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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