Time and time again‚ people have turned to religion for answers during times of great change‚ such as the burgeoning industrialization of antebellum America in the 1800’s. The Second Great Awakening swept through America as a reaction against the spread of rationalism and the weakening clutch of churches over their followers. With its touch‚ America grew invigorated over religious beliefs such as equality and temperance. Reform movements sprung and spread like wildfire‚ affecting nearly every apspect
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2nd Great Awakening: 1820-1859 People: Rev. Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875)‚ whose career took off after his dynamic evangelical revivals in the late 1820s in New York’s upstate "Burned-Over District." Finney’s brand of Christianity demanded perfection but allowed for repentant sinners to return to the fold. Barton W. Stone - an important preacher during the Second Great Awakening of the early 19th century. He was first ordained a Presbyterian minister‚ then was expelled from the church after
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American colonies‚ aspects of the intellectual movement bled over to influence religious aspects of American society‚ resulting in what became known as the Great Awakening. This religious movement placed increased focus on the individual and relied heavily on emotional sermons to encourage a deeper connection to Christ. While many saw the Great Awakening as a powerful‚ religious movement encompassing the ordinary classes of society‚ there were some discrepancies regarding the way in which it was received
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The Great Awakening (1730s)- In the 1730s‚ ministers were stressed that many people in America were turning away from religion towards science and reasoning‚ thus causing a religious revival in the colonies. Ministers began travelling around the colonies holding large and emotional sermons attracting many people. During these sermons‚ ministers expressed that people could determine their own religion and churches were not essential to understand god‚ reducing the power of churches. The Great Awakening
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There was evidence of progress in the role of white middle class women‚ between 1815 and 1860‚ due to the commercial economy and the religious revival brought on by the antebellum market revolution and Second Great Awakening. For these white women‚ the positive affects can be seen in their dominance within their families‚ their influential movements for societal reform‚ and their independence gained form an industrial workplace while the roles of female black slaves were neither improved nor affected
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The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment Sabrina Stroud History 201 Professor Lewis March 5‚ 2013 The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment were both extremely influential times in American history‚ but they affected people in different ways. The Great Awakening focused more on spiritual changes that revolved around faith‚ whereas the Enlightenment emphasized on intellectual change and human reason. In my opinion‚ the
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The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening The Enlightenment‚ also known as the Age of Reason introduced a new spirit of thought and inventive analysis in 17th and 18th century Europe. Theories and ideas that had previously been accepted were now being challenged to be looked upon with an eye of reason rather than tradition. Key leaders in this movement of new thinking included Copernicus‚ Galileo‚ Locke‚ Franklin and Newton. Englishman‚ John Locke‚ was one of whose political works had the greatest
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Other activists began to create democratic reforms as well‚ fighting to reinforce the ideals the nation so actively prides itself in. Many however‚ did not take part in these reforms‚ insisting that the old ways were the best ways. The Second Great Awakening was the push that brought on these reform movements. Beginning in New England‚ in the late 1790s‚ and later spreading
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Tristan C Brown Period 3 APUSH The Greatest Awakening Starting in the early 1700’s‚ the role of religion in the average American’s life had diminished considerably. As a result‚ many religious customs and beliefs were re-introduced. In the 1720’s‚ The First Great Awakening‚ as it became known‚ was a radical change in American religious beliefs and customs‚ as well as a change in political and social beliefs. As time passed and the United States was formed‚ these changes began to fade away
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The Great Awakening traces back to seventeenth century England‚ where political climate led to a decrease in spirituality. The Puritans had grown in number ever since Charles the Second assumed the throne‚ who had also agreed to join the French to oppose Holland and bring Catholicism back to England. While James the Second was the next king‚ much of the Anglican clergy were accommodating to the new monarchs‚ but they started to gravitate away from the extremes. This gave England a period of superiority
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