“The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked; his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire ... you are ten thousand times so abominable in his eyes, as the most hateful and venomous serpent is in ours.”- Jonathan Edwards
What was the Great Awakening?
Summarize the Jonathan Edwards quote.
What were the underlying causes of the Great Awakening?
What were the effects of the Great Awakening in America?
Who was George Whitefield?
What similarities and differences can be seen between the Enlightenment and The Great Awakening? How did they work together and apart to influence early American settlement and in which regions? Which groups of people gravitated to which set of ideas? How would you define each element? Are there pieces of each that you can see contributing to the establishment of America? Use the book and the videos on Schoology to work through these questions.
Conceptual Identification Words: Colonialism, Mercantilism, Patriarchy, Protestantism, Sectionalism, Compromise
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