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The Great Awakening

The Great Awakening was a series of religious rivals that swept over the American colonies during the middle of the 18th century, which resulted in many doctrinal changes. There are three main factors associated with the Great Awakening: the issues that helped begin the revivals, the people involved in them, and the end impact it had on the colonies of the New World. Unlike England, these revivals would prove to be absolute religious freedom for every religion.
First, the Great Awakening was a religious movement during the 1730’s and 1740’s in which ministers presented powerful messages of salvation. At first churches were usually the center of a town used for worship, business, and social gatherings. The ministers were much more than preacher, but were served as doctors, teachers, and even counselors. Settlements began to grow rapidly, both in number and in size. The church was unable to meet the demands of the colonist that had spread out across the land due to dif...

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