I think it was through revivals (not sure though)
Started in the New England colonies and spread to the rest of the colonies.
A revival of evangelical religion that spread through the colonies.
The name typically utilized for the religious revival that swept through the American Colonies beginning in the 1730s is "The Great Awakening". As the first of several such religious movements, the Awakening in the 1730s is typically known as "the First".
The name typically utilized for the religious revival that swept through the American Colonies beginning in the 1730s is "The Great Awakening". As the first of several such religious movements, the Awakening in the 1730s is typically known as "the First".
The name typically utilized for the religious revival that swept through the American Colonies beginning in the 1730s is "The Great Awakening". As the first of several such religious movements, the Awakening in the 1730s is typically known as "the First".
The religious revival that swept through the colonies in the 1720s is known as the First Great Awakening. It was a movement that emphasized individual spiritual experiences, emotional sermons, and a focus on personal salvation. Many churches experienced increased attendance and new conversions as a result of this revival.
The First Great Awakening led to changes in Americans' understanding of God, themselves, the world around them, and religion.
The Great Awakening (called by historians the "First Great Awakening") was an evangelical and revitalization movement that swept Protestant Europe and British America, and especially the American colonies
it was the first genuine unified movement of the American colonies
The Great Awakening (called by historians the "First Great Awakening") was an evangelical and revitalization movement that swept Protestant Europe and British America, and especially the American colonies
A greater religious and political freedom; the great awakening also for the first time united colonies from north to south in a common cause.
The First Great Awakening was a revival of religious feeling and belief in the American colonies in the 1730s. Benjamin Franklin wrote about the change he observed in Philadelphia: "It seemed as if the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk through the town in an evening without hearing psalms sung in different families on every street."