PPT-APUSH - Spiconardi The Great Awakening

A religious revival movement that spread throughout the colonies from the 1720s1740s The Great Awakening Origins Enlightenment rationalism Enlightenment corrupted the Anglican Church But Enlightenment did affect emphasis on the individual. Today we will explain how the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment caused revolutionary feelings to grow in the colonies.. Vocabulary . explain – give reasons for. denomination – specific religious group . Over time…. Several generations had passed…. Over time many of the colonists had slid away from their traditional Christian roots.. Revival. 1730s – 1740s several prominent preachers come onto the scene… George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards.. Enlightenment . In . the early 1700s revolutions in both religious and nonreligious thought . transformed . the Western world. These . movements . began in Europe and affected life in the American colonies. . Spreading the Word . American churches in some colonies had official state churches . Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia . some churches were decentralized and . “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. Rev. Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758). The Great Awakening. What historians call "the first Great Awakening" can best be described as a revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.. 1730s-1740s. What was the Great Awakening?. Religious revival movement. Evangelicism – “new birth” considered the ultimate religious experience. Followers accepted that they were sinners and asked for salvation. VS. Two broad sets of ideas largely determined . the worldview . in 18th century America prior to the American Revolution.  While it is true that the Enlightenment more thoroughly influenced the Colonial elite, and the Great Awakening was most influential amongst common people, both found their nexus in America. What was the Great Awakening?. Religious revival movement.. Evangelicalism-- “new birth” is the ultimate religious experience.. Followers accept that they are sinners and ask for salvation.. Before the Great Awakening. Temperance Movement. Reasons for Temperance. Alcohol contributed to domestic violence. Alcohol contributed to increased poverty. Alcohol led to an increase in crime. Alcohol contributed to illness and disease. and the . Enlightenment. How did the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment . . influence the colonists’ desire for independence?. Essential Question. . . . 1. Explain the colonial social ranks. (see page 136). AP US History. Second Great Awakening. CC #15 3:18 to 6:13. Event. Rebirth of religion in the early 1800s. Causes. Society wasn’t as religious in the Revolutionary Era so Americans returned to their religious roots. In 1919, more than 4 million workers engaged in strikes. “Freedom in the Workplace”. Wearing military uniforms, workers denounced employers as “. kaisers. ”. Wartime rhetoric of economic democracy and freedom inspired the strikes. Why?. The Birth of a Nation. Film glorifies the original Klan. Creates a mythology about the KKK. Plot. Gus a former slave and murder proposes to a white girl, Flora.. She flees into the forest where Gus chases her. A Religious Awakening Chapter 4, Section 1 The Second Great Awakening The first Great Awakening had taken place in the early 1700s. The Second Great Awakening began in the 1800s and lasted half the century.