Great Awakening Dbq

Question: What was the Great Awakening? Why did the Great Awakening have such a pervasive impact and following in British American Colonies? What were the consequences of the Great Awakening?

The Great Awakening was a revival/ evangelical movement that swept through both England and the American Colonies within the early 18th century. During this revival Englishmen and American Colonists alike found themselves being swayed by the talk of such preachers as “ Jonathan Edwards” or “George Whitefield”, who were both noteworthy evangelists at the time. After hearing a sermon, audience members would be scared that if they died that day, they 100 percent would be going to the fiery depths of hell. In an essence, the Great Awakening was a point in time when people started getting serious about God/ being a christian.

Now when one looks at the Great Awakening, it is hard to tell at first glance why exactly the movement was; 1. Such a success and 2. What exactly the results were from this. To dive deeper

First and foremost, the wild behavior of the young adults began to dwindle away and there was a resurgence of people coming back to the church. People now were not only church attenders but now they found themselves to be church members, finally connected with the church on an emotional level. Another consequence(that was stated before) is that local pastors and priests found themselves to be disliked by the public in comparison to the traveling pastors. Many priests attempted to copy their theatrical style but it was to no avail, it was too much of a change to suspect a upright pastor to condone his congregation from yelling out in church and wearing their emotions on their sleeves. The Great Awakening nevertheless changed Christianity as a whole for years to come and in turn, has a subtle yet monumental influence on the American