Great Awakening and Enlightenment

From Massachusetts

The first to begin revivals

Leading "thinker" of the Great Awakening

​​Johnathan Edwards

Known for dramtic and captivating speeches

Toured Maine to Georgia

Spoke outside the church

​​George Whitefield

New churches formed

People had greater choice in the church they wanted to belong to

​​Greater Religious Freedom

From New England to Georgia people experienced a common event

This would help when ideas of the American Revolution begin

People United

Knowledge and reason can improve society

Ideas

Many colonists observed nature, did experiments, and read about new discoveries

Interest

Popular Government

A government in which people hold the power of government through elected representatives. Before the Enlightenment most government was controled by one person (monarch). After the Enlightenment, people began to question the power of an absolute ruler over society. Most of the colonies had popular government with elections held where voters could choose representatives.