8.11 The Great Awakening and Its Impact

What event brought widespread religious interest to the southern colonies?

• the Enlightenment

• the Middle Passage

• the Great Awakening

Which statement best explains the First Great Awakening’s influence?

• It helped to make American colonial society more democratic.

• It led to a closer relationship between churches and colonial governments.

• Led to online churches

What long-term impact did the Great Awakening have on the Thirteen Colonies?

• It led to a decline in church membership

• It showed colonists the importance of individual thought.

• It caused people to have to pay to go to church

The events of the First Great Awakening that took place during the Colonial Era had what impacts on the British colonies? Select two that apply.

• They encouraged people to be responsible for their own salvation.

• They led to a greater emphasis on religious tolerance in the colonies.

• They unified Protestant congregations into one larger religious group.

How did the First Great Awakening change the colonists’ viewpoints about the role of religion in the colonies?

• It led the colonists to push for church leaders to become president.

• It led to renewed discrimination against some Christian religions such as Catholicism.

• It caused the colonists to put less emphasis on the authority of church leaders.

How did the First Great Awakening change the role of religion in the British colonies?

• It became polytheistic

• It led to numerous new denominations of Protestant religions.

• It unified the colonies under a single Protestant religion.

Which is an idea from the Great Awakening?

• Preachers, not believers, have a direct connection with God.

• Because all people can talk to God, the job of a preacher is to guide and not condemn.

• Preachers, not believers, determine the path to salvation.

The events of the First Great Awakening that took place during the Colonial Era had what impact on the British colonies?

• They increased the influence of the Puritan church over other religious groups.

• They prompted a push to make colonial governments more theological.

• They led to a greater emphasis on religious tolerance in the colonies.

During the First Great Awakening, what was 'awakened'?

• a call for independence

• a renewed interest in religion

• a push to end slavery

Based on this excerpt, what was one way that Whitefield influenced the colonists?

• Whitefield encouraged colonists to reject traditional Christian values.

• Whitefield helped renew the colonists’ interest in religion and its values.

• Whitefield united the colonists under a single Christian denomination.