Read American Yawp , Chapter 4, with special attention to Section IV and the rel

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Read American Yawp, Chapter 4, with special attention to Section IV and the religious revival movement called the “Great Awakening.” This section will be the background information for the assignment.

Read Voices of Freedom, document #25, “The Great Awakening Comes to Connecticut (1740),” pp. 79-82.

In two short answers of 3-4 sentences each, address the following questions:

1.Why did the religious revival movement known as the Great Awakening, which stressed a new spiritual “rebirth” among North American colonists, emerge when it did, in the 1730s and 1740s? (Utilize contextual information in American Yawp, Chapter 4, Section IV, to address this question.)

2.What does the primary source document, “The Great Awakening Comes to Connecticut (1740),” reveal about how ordinary North American colonists responded to Great Awakening figures like George Whitefield?

Explanation / Answer

1.The religious revivals are known as Great Awakening because it changed the way people thought about the relationships with the divine, with themselves and with other people. The enlightenment engaged the mind, but the awakening engaged the heart. True to the value of the enlightenment, the awakening emphasized human decisions in matters of religion and morality. It respected each individual's feelings and emotions.

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