citizens needed order in their life. The Second Great Awakening was a religious revival in the early 19th century‚ which did exactly what the citizens needed: put order in their life spiritually. This second great awakening helped people personally connect with god and come to realizations about society with new movements being created. However‚ questions that is debated is what caused this awakening in the first place. The Second Great Awakening was caused by the separation of church and state
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In Antebellum America‚ a Second Great Awakening swept the nation through fervorous Protestant religious revivals. As a matter of fact‚ 75% of Americans attended church regularly during this time. The Second Great Awakening was an important period in history because many religions‚ denominations‚ and utopian societies were founded‚ it shaped the way churches are now‚ and it influenced many more important movements in American history. The Second Great Awakening was a time in which Protestant revivals
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During the enlightenment era in Europe‚ conflict began to stir the among European nations. Great philosophers including Locke‚ Rousseau‚ Voltaire‚ and Montesquieu had started introducing ideas of human rights‚ liberty‚ and nationalism‚ leading to a demand for new leaders and for revolutions in Europe ("Enlightenment"). This all took place as many nations desired to expand their boundaries with colonies or into other the territory of other countries. The best leader who would rise from this time of
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In short‚ the American colonies sole purpose was to supply England with the resources they were able to obtain from the North America. The colonies were viewed as second citizens under the British rule‚ but the lifestyle and custom between the two were obvious different. As you stated in your discussion‚ while the colonists and those living in England shared history and a frame of reference regarding aristocratic versus monarchic rule‚ over the course of two centuries‚ their daily life experiences
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During the Great Awakening‚ New England colonies –experimented-- a period of spiritual renewal that involved rigorous‚ emotional prayer and vehement sermons. The purpose of this religious revival was to inspire people to attend to Church and to accentuate the corruption of human beings along with the urgency for immediate contrition. It is of our knowledge that Edwards grew up in an atmosphere composed of Puritan piety and teachings‚ therefore he was a liege believer in good and evil. According to
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####### #### Professor AMH2010 20 November 2013 The First Great Awakening versus the Second Great Awakening When trying to define the great awakening‚ one would say it’s a period of time that consisted of numerous religious revivals that took place in American colonies during the 18th and 19th century. A revival is an upturn in the state or strength of something. However‚ when talking about the great awakening a revival is used in a spiritual context because it means an escalation in spiritual
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The British North American colonies or the 13 original colonies‚ had freedom but not like you would think. The extent to which religious freedom existed in the British North American colonies prior to 1700’s‚ was different from region to region. The colonies in New England‚ Middle‚ and south region treated freedoms differently. In the New England colonies extent to religious freedoms was not great‚ Middle Colonies had good toleration to religion‚ and The Southern Colonies had a bit of tolerance to
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between the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening movements‚ and what if anything did these two movements have in common? The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment were two historical events that shaped the thoughts of people and religion in the mid 1700’s America. The Great Awakening began about the 1930’s and reached its climax ten years later in 1740. They both formed and shaped the way many think today and brought lots of notions on human rights. Beginning in the 1740’s‚ the enlightenment was a reforming
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toward the successes of the North American Colonies. Even though European women tended to stay home‚ the work of African and Indian women in the colonies contributed to their successes. Women were servants‚ seamstresses‚ midwives‚ slaves‚ tavern
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The Great Migration The Great Migration was a massive movement of African Americans from the South to the North from 1863 to 1960. The largest spike in this migration occurred from about 1910 to 1920. This has changed America forever. This extreme event in History’s time‚ was a relocation of 6-7 million African Americans‚ from the rural south to the North‚ Midwest‚ and West from 1916-1930.These African Americans were taken from their home by horrible economic opportunities‚ When the blacks got
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