Before the Great Awakening, religious authority was very bias which lead to many uproars. Religion was very strict back then and it shaped the way people lived their lives. It had total control over everything, including government. Acceptance into heaven wasn’t even a privilege because many believed that God decided who was going into heaven no matter what. However, by the 1700s, colonists believed that communities were beginning to take their religion a little less seriously. In order to bring religion back into the lives of the citizens, new discoveries needed to be made first. In the 1730s and 40s, the lack of interest in following a faith revived the belief of religion which became the Great Awakening. This eventually led to new…
As mentioned before, visual document three showed George Whitefield conspiring with the devil and was making a profit off of the devils ideas and plans. However, the propaganda wasn’t only against the New Lights and their ideas. Visual document one shows Whitefield preaching in his “usual style”. I depict him to be in the center of attention with his arms raised showing that he has power over all. Visual document two shows the interest that hundreds of people had about Jonathan Edwards sermon. His preaching style was strict and he even warned of God’s lack of ability to save their souls. Even so, it still sparked a great revival in his community proving that the New Light’s preaching styles and ideas were superior to those of the Old Light’s at that time.
With the new ideas brought up in the Great Awakening, many uproars occurred throughout the nation. Everyone was reacting differently to the New Light’s ways of preaching. Many testified against their ways because of how many people started to follow. This gave people the courage to go against the standard ways of religion which helped them prepare for the political revolution to come. The Great Awakening itself paved the way for how people will challenge authority. This is shown in many events over the years and even in today’s…
