The_Great_Awakening

The Great Awakening The Great Awakening The Great Awakening was a turning point in the life of the American people. Before it was over, it had swept the colonies of the Eastern seaboard, transforming the social and religious life of land. Although the name is not really what it sounds, the Great Awakening was not one continuous revival; rather it was several revivals in a variety of locations. The awakening altered the way people were educated by adding new universities, their identities, and also the way everyone thought of the authorities and how they began to question them. It says a great deal about the state of religion and change that took place in the colonies. There are many factors that caused the life of all citizens in the colonies to change dramatically. Many people that attended church complained about the “dead dogs,” which were those priests that made extensive and dull sermons from the head of the church. Not only this, but many ministers were worried about all of those who attended the church regularly. They believed their souls were started by the “hellfire of the orthodox Calvinism.” Many new ideas began to rise and people left the great, awakening, people, church, new, life, colonies, began, way, ideas, about, universities, thought, souls, saved, religious, really, questioning, question, one, ministers, change, built, attended, arminians, american, yale, worshipers, worried, variety, unite, turning, true, tremendous, transforming