Great Awakening

Which of the following best explains the effect of the Scientific Revolution on traditional religious beliefs?

• People now looked to religion to explain the world around them.
• People now looked to their kings to explain the world around them.
• People used reason and logic to explain the world
• Momney makes the world go round

Which astronomer was tried for heresy and placed under house arrest because he argued that the universe was heliocentric?

• Ptolemy
• Copernicus
• Newton 
• Galileo 

Whose authority was challenged by the new scientific theories during the 16th and 17th centuries?

• English monarchs

• Protestant Reformers

• The Catholic Church

• Wealthy Merchants

Religious meetings drew

• no crowds

• small crowds

• medium crowds

• large crowds

George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards gave sermons about

• the existence of many gods.
• helplessness and sinfulness of humankind.
• importance of government.
• importance of other religions.

Many rulers came to power believing that their right to lead came from God. This is an example of: 

• Supreme Law
• Divine Right
• Their Opinion
• Poor Judgement

Ministers of The Great Awakening preached ___________

• God was kind and forgiving

• people were not equal

• colonists should not be independent

• colonists could save themselves

Who was Jonathan Edwards?

• A Preacher of the Great Awakening: emphasized spiritual rebirth
• A Preacher of the Great Awakening: emphasized helping others and good samaritanism.
• A businessman, writer, inventor, and scientist of the Enlightenment.
• An English philosopher and political thinker: inspired Thomas Jefferson

How did the Great Awakening change America?

• It brought people from all over the colonies together for the first time

• It led to people denying God and leading secular lives

• It spread abolitionism throughout the land and led to the end of slavery

• It brought French rule to America

Who was George Whitefield?

• An English philosopher and political thinker: inspired Thomas Jefferson
• A businessman, writer, inventor, and scientist of the Enlightenment.
• A Preacher of the Great Awakening: emphasized helping others and good samaritanism.
• A Preacher of the Great Awakening: emphasized spiritual rebirth