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The Great Awakening

The Enlightenment

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Impact on the Colonies

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Lesson 5.1: The Great Awakening and the

Enlightenment

Lesson 5.1: The Great Awakening and the

Enlightenment

Today we will explain how the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment caused revolutionary feelings to grow in the colonies.

Today we will explain how the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment caused revolutionary feelings to grow in the colonies.

Vocabulary

• explain – give reasons for

• denomination – specific religious group

• authority – power to command

• intellectual – having to do with the ability to think or to reason

Check for Understanding

• What are we going to do today?• What does it mean to explain?• What are some religious denominations

you’ve heard about?• Who has the most authority in your

home?• Why would someone be described as

‘intellectual’?

What We Already Know

In Europe, people believed in the divine right of kings, which meant that kings got their power to rule directly from God.

What We Already Know

Many of the first colonists to settle in North America were very religious and

came here seeking the freedom to worship God as they chose.

Many of the first colonists to settle in North America were very religious and

came here seeking the freedom to worship God as they chose.

What We Already KnowWhat We Already Know

By the early 1700s, ideas from the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution

were changing the way people saw the world, themselves, and their governments.

By the early 1700s, ideas from the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution

were changing the way people saw the world, themselves, and their governments.

The Great Awakening . . .• was a religious movement.• began because religious leaders

feared that colonists had lost their religious excitement.

• stressed religious emotion over religious behavior.

• encouraged ideas of equality and the importance of the individual over the authority of the church.

• inspired a sense of nationalism among the colonists.

The Great Awakening lasted for years and changed colonial culture.

The Great Awakening lasted for years and changed colonial culture.

• Congregations argued over religious practices and often split apart.

• People left their old churches and joined other Protestant groups such as Baptists.

• Overall, churches gained 20,000 to 50,000 new members.

• To train ministers, religious groups founded colleges such as Princeton and Brown.

• Congregations argued over religious practices and often split apart.

• People left their old churches and joined other Protestant groups such as Baptists.

• Overall, churches gained 20,000 to 50,000 new members.

• To train ministers, religious groups founded colleges such as Princeton and Brown.

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no doodling, no coloring, no fancy letters, etc.• Put the cap on your marker when you’re not

using it.• Display your answers by holding your boards

under your chin (“Chin it!”)• When the period is over, leave the whiteboard

with the marker and eraser on your desk top.

1. What was the Great Awakening?

1. What was the Great Awakening?

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1. What was the Great Awakening?1. What was the Great Awakening?A. It created a new sense of morality and a new

interest in religion.B. It caused church congregations to split

apart and new denominations to be formed.C. It led to the closing of several colleges.D. It stressed religious emotion over religious

behavior.E. It led colonists to question authority, even

that of Parliament and the king. F. It was a philosophical movement that

emphasized science and reason.G. It inspired a sense of nationalism among the

colonists.

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A. People were neglecting their personal relationship with God.

B. Christians were banning African Americans and Native Americans from their churches.

C. Many colonists seemed to have lost their religious passion.

D. Too many churchgoers were challenging the authority of their ministers.

A. People were neglecting their personal relationship with God.

B. Christians were banning African Americans and Native Americans from their churches.

C. Many colonists seemed to have lost their religious passion.

D. Too many churchgoers were challenging the authority of their ministers.

2. Why did religious leaders see a need for the Great Awakening?

2. Why did religious leaders see a need for the Great Awakening?

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Major Figures of the Great Awakening

Jonathan Edwards was a preacher who

terrified his listeners with

images of God’s anger unless they

were saved.

Major Figures of the Great Awakening

Major Figures of the Great Awakening

                      

George Whitefield was a

well-known preacher who

raised thousands of dollars for an orphans’ home.

Impact of the Great Awakening on the Colonies

Impact of the Great Awakening on the Colonies• Caused disputes and divisions among

denominations• New denominations created, some of

which accepted women, blacks and Native Americans

• Religious colleges founded to train ministers

• Encouraged people to question authority, first of the church and later the British government

• Caused disputes and divisions among denominations

• New denominations created, some of which accepted women, blacks and Native Americans

• Religious colleges founded to train ministers

• Encouraged people to question authority, first of the church and later the British government

Get your whiteboards and markers ready!

Whiteboard PoliciesWhiteboard Policies• Use the marker only to write your answers –

no doodling, no coloring, no fancy letters, etc.• Put the cap on your marker when you’re not

using it.• Display your answers by holding your boards

under your chin (“Chin it!”)• When the period is over, leave the whiteboard

with the marker and eraser on your desk top.

3. How did the Great Awakening contribute to the Revolutionary War? A. It inspired a sense of

nationalism among the colonists.

B. It discouraged criticism of established authority.

C. It demonstrated that God was on the side of the colonists.

D. It gave Englishmen a sense of superiority over their European neighbors.

The Enlightenment . . .The Enlightenment . . .

• was an intellectual movement that emphasized reason and science.

• was based on the belief in natural laws that controlled how the universe worked.

• scholars believed natural laws should be the basis of all government.

• taught that individuals have natural rights.

• was an intellectual movement that emphasized reason and science.

• was based on the belief in natural laws that controlled how the universe worked.

• scholars believed natural laws should be the basis of all government.

• taught that individuals have natural rights.

Major Figures of the Enlightenment

Benjamin Franklin was a famous

American inventor and political

thinker.

Major Figures of the Enlightenment

Charles-Louis Montesquieu was a

French nobleman who proposed a

three-branch government to limit

the power of the government.

Major Figures of the Enlightenment

John Locke was an English philosopher

who argued that governments get

their power to rule from the people.

Locke argued that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property.

• People create governments to protect their natural rights, he claimed.

• If a government fails in this duty, people have the right to change it.

• Locke’s ideas challenged the belief that kings had a God-given right to rule.

Impact of the Enlightenment on the Colonies

Impact of the Enlightenment on the Colonies

• Made colonists begin to see the British government differently

• Led colonists to believe that governments should protect their natural rights, which came from God’s natural laws

• Encouraged people to question the authority of the government

• Made colonists begin to see the British government differently

• Led colonists to believe that governments should protect their natural rights, which came from God’s natural laws

• Encouraged people to question the authority of the government

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4. What was the Enlightenment?

A. A philosophical movement that emphasized science and reason

B. Belief in natural laws that govern the universe

C. Ideas drawn from Christianity, the Renaissance, and the Reformation

D. Support for the God-given right of kings to rule

E. Opposed in the colonies by Benjamin Franklin

A. A philosophical movement that emphasized science and reason

B. Belief in natural laws that govern the universe

C. Ideas drawn from Christianity, the Renaissance, and the Reformation

D. Support for the God-given right of kings to rule

E. Opposed in the colonies by Benjamin Franklin

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5. What ideas did John Locke have about government?

A. It is the duty of every government to protect their citizens' rights.

B. All people are created equal, regardless of race, religion, sex, or nationality.

C. The people have a right to change its government if it fails in its duty.

D. Kings do not have a God-given right to rule.

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6. What Enlightenment ideas led the colonies to break away from England?

6. What Enlightenment ideas led the colonies to break away from England?

A. It encouraged them to change their government if it fails to protect their natural rights.

B. It helped them see how helpful an alliance with France could be.

C. It led them to demand that the English king divide his powers of government into three branches, as Montesquieu suggested.

D. It caused them to believe that independence was part of God’s plan for America.

A. It encouraged them to change their government if it fails to protect their natural rights.

B. It helped them see how helpful an alliance with France could be.

C. It led them to demand that the English king divide his powers of government into three branches, as Montesquieu suggested.

D. It caused them to believe that independence was part of God’s plan for America.