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The Beginning of the First Great Awakening
The First Great Awakening was a rejuvenation of the Protestant religions that affected the American colonies between 1730 and 1760. It kickstarted the Methodist and Baptists denomination, and was the first widely successful conversion of African slaves to Christianity. While ministers were not against slavery for the most part, they welcomed slaves into the congregations and into the church leadership. The first African Baptist churches were founded during this time period. -
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The First Great Awakening
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Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards ministered to a church in Northampton, Massachusetts, from which he gave sermons that would become critical to the developement of the First Great Awakening between 1733 and 1735. He is most widely known for his sermon "Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God," which is considered a classic work of American literature. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXOOPsgvC94 -
George Whitefield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt57rFcpnr4- Born in England
- Came to America in 1738
- Preached acrossed America
- Personal Savior
- Slave Conspiracy 1741
- Bethesday Orphanage/Home for Boys
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Samuel Davies
Samuel Davies was a Presbyterian minister in Virginia from 1748 until 1759. He converted many more African slaves to Christianity than anyone else during the First Great Awakening. He is distinct from other ministers in that he believed that it was equally important to read the Word of God as to hear it, which led him to teach slaves to read. Though he was not against slavery, he believed that everyone had an equal right to know God. -
Effects of the First Great Awakening
The fracturing of the two major sects at the time, the Anglicans and Puritans, and the almost complete fragmentation of the Calvinists left the American people with a feeling that there was not one true religion. Though fragmented, Protestant religions were unified by the Awakening. The chain of command that used to run from God to ruler to people now ran from God to people to ruler. This would develop and sustain the anti-monarchy sentiments that fueled the Revolution. -
Beginning of the Second Great Awakening
Mainly a Protestant movement, the Second Great Awakening was a religious movement with its backbone rooted in the acceptance of individual will and grace. -
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Barton Stone and the Cane Ridge Revival
- Major revival turning point
- 20,000-30,000 people
- Physical Manifesations and a major spark
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Rev. Richard Allen
One of the denomination to grow out of the Second Great Awakening was the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. Richard Allen founded the church and was named its first bishop in 1816.The church grew out of the Free Africans Society. After experiencing discrimination in Philadelphia, free blacks left St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church and formed the African Methodist Episcopal Church. -
American Colonization Society
- The ACS was founded in 1817
- Voluntary emancipation of slaves by slave owners
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William Lloyd Garrison
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Effects of the Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening was the largest drving factor of the abolitionist movement. The reform movements during this time set the stage for future progress towards eventual emancipation. -
Sources
http://www.caneridge.org/ http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1701-1800/the-2nd-great-awakening-11630336.html http://www.aarweb.org/Programs/Awards/Journalism_Awards/winners/2002Smith.asp http://www.patheos.com/blogs/scriptorium/2009/08/the-cane-ridge-revival-1801/ http://greatawakeningdocumentary.com/exhibits/show/biographies/george-whitefield http://www.great-awakening.com/?page_id=20 http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/george-whitefield.html
