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    turned into rum. Great Awakening: A religious revival in the 1730s and 1740s. First started in Massachusetts by pastor Jonathan Edwards. He proclaimed that believing in salvation through good works and affirming the need for complete and utter dependence on God’s grace. His most famous sermon was called‚ “Sinners in the Hands of and Angry God”. Regulator Movement: A small insurrection against eastern domination of the colony’s affairs. It occurred in North Carolina

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    I am writing to tell the readers of The New York Times about what has happened in Boston because of the Great Awakening. Before the Great Awakening‚ the churches in my community were not preaching the truth of Christ. This led to many other issues‚ like the people having a harsh and uncaring form of Christianity. They also were missing the spiritual enthusiasm that they needed. Colleges for ministers also failed to do their part and helped strengthen the spiritual issues that we were struggling with

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    Introduction A Great Awakening and the Enlightenment are two time periods with different views and objectives. The Enlightenment was a short time the place old ideas had inhibited‚ and brand new ideas had considered. Philosophers and research workers thought that‚ via reason‚ modifications might occur. Most of these amendments involved brand new ideas regarding authorities and an increased notion within controlled concepts. Persons furthermore began to see religious beliefs differently. This paper

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    time—40 minutes. This question counts for one-third of the total essay section score) The Antebellum period was known as a period of many reforms and social movements‚ one of which being the education reform movements. The Antebellum period was characterized by its numerous reforms and social movements‚ which included reform on education. How did education reform reflect the changing views and morals of society during the Antebellum period? Carefully read the following six sources‚ including the introductory

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    groups‚ including Lutherans‚ Catholics‚ Jews‚ Congregationalists‚ and Quakers in Pennsylvania. During the Great Awakening of the 1730s‚ the influence of older forms of Protestantism‚ especially Calvinism‚ increased dramatically throughout both regions. Until 1740‚ religion mainly united the New England region‚ while it mostly divided the mid-Atlantic region until the first Great Awakening. New England was founded by a group of Puritan Congregationalists who were originally from England‚ but who

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    In the twentieth century‚ various social reform movements changed American society‚ such as the civil rights movement. This term refers to the 1950s and 60s when multitudes of people worked towards the advancement of equal economic‚ social‚ and political rights‚ especially for blacks. The movement involved courage and determination from leaders and activists‚ alike. Christianity‚ through its followers and places of worship‚ played a key role in inspiring people to follow Christian morals by protesting

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    The First Great Awakening in America - George Whitefield As Whitefield arrived in America‚ a number of regional revivals were under way. In New Jersey and Pennsylvania William Tennant and his four sons preached the new birth to Presbyterians. Tennant was fed up with the resistance of Yale and Harvard Administrators to the new evangelical fervor‚ and he founded his own school to train preachers. Derisively his school was called‚ "log college‚" but it would lead to the formation of Princeton University

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    The Awakening‚ by Kate Chopin and The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald were both published in the Late Nineteenth/Early Twentieth Centuries. During this time society dealt with the ideologies of equal rights for women‚ marriage‚ religion‚ morality‚ individualism‚ and the dire consequences individuals face when conflicting societal norms. Such penalties consist of death and loss of faith. In The Awakening‚ Edna Pontellier is constantly conflicting with society over a woman’s role‚ which ultimately

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    Catherine the Great originally named Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst became empress of Russia at 33 after over throwing her husband Peter III. Catherine was actively engaged with the Enlightenment and was up to date with French Philosophes and the Enlightenment. Whilst ruling she often tried to better the lives of others; she wrote a document on reforming the legal system‚ she developed a better education and arts system and she gave the serfs and nobles more freedom. Catherine’s first

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    is now known as new journalism. New journalism focused more on reporting what was seen as the truth‚ rather than using literal facts. Using a literary style reminiscent of long-form non-fiction‚ Tom Wolfe wrote “The “Me” Decade and the Third Great Awakening‚” which was published on the twenty-third of August‚ 1976. Mr. Wolfe uses the shock value of a hemorrhoid to grab the reader’s curiosity‚ and then he never lets go. He implements a new form of describing things that literally strings adjectives

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