Essays Tagged: "Great Awakening"

Mercantilism, the Great Awakening, and the French and Indian War, laid sufficient soil to the American revolution

ion was a result of colonists wanting freedom from their mother country, England. Mercantilism, the Great Awakening, and the French and Indian War laid sufficient soil to the revolution. They were the ... lonists asserted their desire for freedom to seek economic advantage wherever it could be found.The Great Awakening, a general revival of evangelical religion in the American colonies, which reached i ...

(3 pages) 121 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening.

The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment were two historical events that shaped the thoughts of people ... st important factor in both of these events is the common theme of reason behind the movements. The Great Awakening began about the 1930's and reached its climax ten years later in 1740. What exactly ... weeping through New England that increased conversions and church membership. The beginnings of the Great Awakening were in Pennsylvania and New Jersey among Presbyterians and then spread to the Purit ...

(6 pages) 188 0 2.8 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

An Essay dealing with the Age of Reform, known as the Progressive Era (1820-1860). Hits on the women, penal institutions, and the temperance movement.

1820-1860:An Age of ReformThe United States has seen change come and go over time. From the Great Awakening in the 1730s to the Technological revolution of the 20th century, America has consta ...

(3 pages) 133 0 5.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Who loves Jonathan Edwards and the first Great Awakening? This essay analyzes both him and and his movement

The Great AwakeningVenturing through history and time, you will with out a doubt find many events that r ... he most influential religious revivals of all time, and especially in our nation's history, was the Great Awakening. The Great Awakening revived the recognition of religious importance that had once b ... d the recognition of religious importance that had once been present in the seventeenth century.The Great Awakening began in 1730s and continued onward into the 1740s. Jonathan Edwards was the first t ...

(2 pages) 62 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

What are the fundamental differences between the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening movements, and what if anything did these two movements have in common?

What are the fundamental differences between the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening movements, and what if anything did these two movements have in common?The Great Awa ... wo 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 for ... Religious movement that came to British Colonies around the same time as the enlightenment was the great awakening. However, the great awakening was the exact opposite of the enlightenment; it was a ...

(3 pages) 91 2 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

American Revolutioin

The seeds of the American Revolution were sown in the periods of the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening. By the early 1700's nearly 90% of New England's white male population could read an ... siastic followers of the New Light movement as those who broke from tradition came to be known. The Great Awakening and the contrary views held by the New Lights empowered ordinary citizens to be crit ...

(7 pages) 86 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Who was Benjamin Rush?

fourteen years old, he entered the College of New Jersey which was created in the aftermath of the Great Awakening. He became a physician according to his great influence, Finley. He also worked for ...

(2 pages) 19 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Analyze the ways in which two of the following influenced the development of American society.

The Great Awakening of 1735-1745 was a reaction to a decline in piety and a carelessness of morals withi ... piety and a carelessness of morals within the Congregational Churches of New England. Although the Great Awakening stimulated dramatic conversions and an increase in church membership, it also provok ... mic changes, political transformations, and Enlightenment rationalism, was the primary cause of the Great Awakening.During the eighteenth century, political uncertainty and economic instability charac ...

(3 pages) 57 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

The relevance between a character's philosophy of death and his way of living.

, and William Cullen Bryant's Transcendental poem, "Thanatopsis", distinct representations of death greatly affect several individuals' actions. Jonathan Edwards, a prominent leader of the Great Awake ... 's strict rules of conduct, they are still susceptible to eternal damnation. Hence, Edwards and the Great Awakening community feel helpless and impotent against a dominant God, which invokes confineme ...

(5 pages) 79 1 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

How the Salem Witch Trials relate to the changes occuring during the late 17th century in colonial British America.

ent" came about which brought many advances in medicine, science, botany, and education. Also, the "Great Awakening", a time of great religious revival flourished. A well known event, the Salem Witch ... training and surgery practices were proving to be safer than in the past.Religion was known to vary greatly between cultural groups. The Great Awakening was a wave of religious revivals. It quickly sw ...

(3 pages) 85 2 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

The Social, Political, and Religious Implications of the First Great Awakening in North America

The Great Awakening of the 1730's and 1740's that took place in the English Colonies in America changed ... time led the way for improvement of the educational and political systems of Colonial America. The Great Awakening took place just as the seeds of the Industrial Revolution were being sown on both th ... ented men were enough to send tremors of faith throughout the colonies.In the decades preceding the Great Awakening, the focus of daily life in the colonies shifted from religion to more pressing and ...

(5 pages) 85 1 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Early Puritan and Pilgrim Literature

e journey over on the Mayflower and life within the colony. Jonathan Edwards, a minister during the Great Awakening wrote the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." These authors illustrated t ... rds also stated that "Your wickedness makes you as it were heavy as lead and to tend downwards with great weight and pressure towards Hell;..."(103). The passage refers to the wickedness of men. Heari ...

(4 pages) 57 0 5.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Great Awakening and Age of Enlightenment

the colonists to partake in religious activities and explore the scientific world around them. The Great Awakening was a movement created by the Protestants and its purpose was to reestablish religio ... ial America because it inspired people to work as a unified group and gain independence. The Great Awakening took place during the 1700s in colonial America and soon reached to European nations ...

(2 pages) 68 0 3.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

American Pageant Chapter 5 IDs

Chapter five IdsGreat Awakening1. Took place from 1720 to the 1740s2. Was an intense revival of interest in religion ... gion3. Men such as Jonathan Edwards preached the importance of religionHistorical Significance: The Great Awakening flared up an interest in religion that lasted many years after it took placeGeorge W ... eld1. Preacher during the eighteenth century2. Preached for about forty years3. Preached during the Great Awakening to help revive the interest in religionHistorical Significance: George Whitefield wa ...

(2 pages) 18 0 4.3 Jan/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Americanization of Anglican Colonies.

reland and Scotland, along with captured enslaved individuals from Africa, and at the same time the great awakening swept across the North American Colonies, a rapid rise in the number of distinct den ... vernment could hold all its citizens as equals no matter what dogma they believed in. Therefore the Great Awakening along with the increase of the diverse cultures in the colonies were the two major r ...

(3 pages) 22 0 0.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Effects of Puritanism and the Great Awakening Upon American Society

During the seventeenth and eighteenth century, both Puritanism and the Great Awakening played crucial roles in developing American society by paving the way to the develop ... rs to assemble and "create their own laws in open-discussion town meetings," which was considered a great privilege (44). The Puritan Pilgrims also had the opportunity to elect their leaders, one of w ... and form what came to be known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. During the 1630s, the time of the "Great Migration", approximately 70,000 individuals left England, however, only 11,000 traveled to Ma ...

(4 pages) 81 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

In-Depth Analysis of the Unification of the American Colonies

of independence, rather the unification was also the result of many historical events, such as the Great Awakening, the Seven Year's War, and the end of England's salutary neglect. Eventually, Americ ... as it was an agreement among all settlers to form a government. In fact, this document served as "a great laboratory of liberty" (44), a step toward democratic self-government (Bailey and Kennedy 43). ...

(7 pages) 55 0 3.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

What opportunities existed for African Americans in the USA during the 1920's in the former slave owning Southern States and North Eastern States?

w England was to have very little hope. The number of opportunities for African American's differed greatly between the previous slave owning Southern states and the industrial states of the North Eas ... s for African Americans were few but never the less were there. The Renaissance in Harlem shows the great awakening of the repressed African Americans and how they could contribute to the collective A ...

(4 pages) 34 0 3.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Jonathan Edwards - "Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God" and background information

On July 8th 1741 Enfield Connecticut was completely untouched by the great awakening. And many there had fallen away from the Christian walk and were living UN godly liv ... their sin and danger". Clearly the conviction of the Holy Spirit convicted their hearts to them and greatly impacted their wellbeing.Years later Jonathan was fired from his home church over an argumen ...

(1 pages) 30 0 0.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield

Any time the Great Awakening is discussed from a religious standpoint, the religious figures Jonathan Edwards and ... that are difficult not to discuss. Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield are to revivalism and the Great Awakening as Vince Young and Reggie Bush are to athletes and a new age of football. Edwards an ... ge of football. Edwards and Whitefield were revolutionists during the 18th century revival know the Great Awakening. Their preaching’s demanded a religious intervention in the colonies that neede ...

(6 pages) 23 0 4.3 Apr/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity