The Great Awakening: The 13 Colonies In North America

Although most people only know of the “thirteen original colonies”, there were, in fact, thirty-two English colonies in North America by 1775. However, only thirteen of them participated in rebellion. These thirteen settlements shared certain characteristics, most prominently of all, their rapid population growth. There were 300,000 people in the New World in 1700, but by 1725, 2.5 million populated the thirteen colonies; it went from twenty English subjects for every American to only 3 for every one. This growth of such a diverse population, including many immigrants who did not carry any loyalty to the English crown, set the stage for a momentous shift in the balance of power between the colonies and England. Leading up to Great Awakening,
There were also a lot of liberal new ideas sprouting, such as Arminianism, suggesting that free will determined a person’s fate, clashing with the Calvinist doctrine of predestination. From this buildup of clerical intellectualism and lay liberalism, the Great Awakening was born and everyone reclaimed their passion for Christ. With this new religious fervor, colonists were encouraged to continue missionary work among Native Americans and even began preaching among black slaves. The Great Awakening broke down sectional boundaries and denominational lines and creating a great sense of unity among the people. This was the first spontaneous mass movement of the American people, but on the brink of revolution, it was certainly not the
If this had succeeded, the American international trade system and the colonists’ standard of living would suffer a hard blow, but the colonists avoided this by bribing and smuggling their way around the law.
Anglicans (Church of England)
The Anglican Church, also known as the Church England, was the official faith in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and a part of New York. English authority used the faith as a way to enforce the colonies, and when they attempted to impose it on additional colonies, they failed. Just like its counterparts in England, the faith was a lot less intense than the Puritan religion. The Anglican Church preached short sermons and the rules were much less strict, making its reputation quite dismal in Virginia.
Congregational Church / Presbyterian