Louis B. Vega
Social Studies
8th Grade
Chapter 3
: Section 3
The Great Awakening
the Great Awakening
deeply religious
Church/fellowships/travel
Itinerate Ministers
George Whitefield
Bold
Revivals
Enlightenment/new ideas/progress/better
lifestyles
Evangelists
Jonathan Edwards
“Sinners in the hand of an angry God”
Denominationalism played down
Concept of Salvation/Heaven
Humanism- philosophy and logic
1st national event in the colonies
Permanently affected the soul of America
Judeo-Christian tradition
First in Church then in government
Equality before God/ ”Kingdom of God”
Protestant Reformation/Individual Conscience
Search for Knowledge
Enlightenment/by “reason”/logic
Galileo Telescope- universe
Newton Gravity – behavior/laws/harmony/order
Ben Franklin “greatest American”/From
Boston, large family
Poor Richard’s Almanac/Advice/Weather/Info
(scraps)
Early retirement (hobbies)/Franklin Stove/Bi
focal eyeglasses/Electricity/Citizen/ambassador
Library/Fire
dept/Hospital/University/Postmaster
Better lifestyles/favorable for the
improvement of life
Albany Plan of Union
First attempt to unite colonies/common
government
Self
Taught Americans
Few colleges/Harvard/Yale/Princeton