Great Awakening and Enlightenment

The American Identity

Events from Colonial America helped to create a common experience for colonists.

Poll

I prepare for quizzes by...

• doing nothing

• listening in class

• reviewing my notes

• getting stressed out

• something else

Poll

What can Mr. Arnold do to help you prepare for a quiz?

• study guides

• play Quizlet games

• play Quizizz games

• lunch pull out

• something else

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

​Key People

-Benjamin Franklin

"It seemed as if the world were growning religious, so that one could not walk through the town in an evening wihtout hearing psalms sung in different families of every street"

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

​Impact of the Awakening

Multiple Choice

What was the Great Awakening?

• a return to strong religious faith

• period of bad economic activity

• period of increased political activism

• increased social unrest

Match

Match the following

• Ben Franklin

• George Whitefield

• Jonathan Edwards

witnessed Great Awakening

speeches in open fields

influenced Great Awakening

• witnessed Great Awakening

• speeches in open fields

• influenced Great Awakening

Knowledge and reason can improve society

Ideas

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

Interest

​Influence of the Enlightenment

Impact of the Enlightenment

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.

Multiple Choice

The Enlightenment emphasized knowledge, reason, and science.

1. 
   

• True

• False

Match

Match the following

• imports

• export

• raw material

• Navigation Acts

buy

sell

fur

policy

• buy

• sell

• fur

• policy

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Navigation Acts

• Glorious Revolution

• Boston Tea Party

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2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following shows an act of resistance by the colonists over English trade restrictions?

• taxing products in England

• smuggling goods

• all English crew

• selling raw materials to England

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