Great awakening/Enlightenment

What was the Great Awakening?

• A religious movement led by traveling ministers in the 1730s & 1740s.

• A philosophical movement that emphasized human reason, scientific analysis, & individualism.

• A movement that applied the laws of nature to politics and society.

• A movement when everyone gets up in the morning at the same time.

Which event encouraged Americans to seek a personal relationship with God?

• The Enlightenment

• The Great Awakening

• The French and Indian War

• The Boston Massacre

What was the Enlightenment?

• A religious movement led by traveling ministers in the 1730s & 1740s.

• A philosophical movement that emphasized human reason, scientific analysis, & individualism.

• A movement that applied the laws of nature to politics and society.

• The period in which electricity began to get used

True or False: John Locke was one of the philosophers that led the Enlightenment

• Maybe

• False

• True

True or False: The Enlightenment influenced Jonathon Edwards & George Whitefield

• True

• False

What does a social contract do?

• Ensures government's rights in exchange for obedience to citizens.

• An informal contract made between two or more people, like an unwritten agreement about personal matters.

• Ensures citizen's rights, in exchange for obedience to the government.

• Something that Mr. Wrightman made up.

What did the Great Awakening & the Enlightenment have in common?

• Prompted Americans to debate political, societal, and religious questions/

• The idea of individualism

• Put forth the idea that there was equality-whether in the eyes of God or the eyes of Justice