In general terms, the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment were both vastly influential movements that swept through Western Civilization in the 18th century and had effects that lasted well into the 19th century and beyond. Their differences are most striking, however, as the "Awakening" movement centered upon American life and was an essentially religious phenomenon, while the Enlightenment had its center in Europe and was essentially intellectual.
The Great Awakening was a religious revival movement in the American colonies focused on emotional and personal faith experiences, while the Enlightenment was a philosophical and intellectual movement emphasizing reason, science, and individual rights. Both movements challenged traditional authority but in different ways: the Great Awakening through revivalist preaching and emotionalism, and the Enlightenment through rationalism and critique of superstition.
they where actaully completely differtent one had to do with religion and the awaking of god (great awaking) and the other had to do with technology(enlightenment). i like to remeber it by thinking enLIGHTenment light technology and GREAT awakening as God is GREAT. i hope that helps you just a little trick i learned in middle school.
The Great Awakening is about feeling and emotion and The Enlightenment is about logic and reason.
The Great Awakening is about feeling and emotion and The Enlightenment is about logic and reason.
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Both the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment were intellectual and spiritual movements in 18th century America. The Great Awakening focused on emotional, revivalist religious experiences and encouraged individual connection with God, while the Enlightenment promoted reason, science, and rational thinking as means to understanding the world. While both movements sought to challenge traditional authority and encourage personal empowerment, they differed in their approach to knowledge and the role of religion in society.
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The Enlightenment emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, which influenced ideas about government and society in the colonies, leading to calls for independence from Britain. The Great Awakening was a religious revival that sparked emotional and personal religious experiences, challenging traditional authority and promoting individual salvation and equality in the eyes of God. Both movements contributed to a growing sense of individualism, independence, and questioning of established authority in colonial society.
Both the Great Awakening and Enlightenment led to people wanting political equality and encouraged people to talk about political and social issue.
Both the Great Awakening and Enlightenment led to people wanting political equality and encouraged people to talk about political and social issue.
The increase of interest in books and learning.
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the spread of enlightenment ideals
The First Great Awakening led to changes in Americans' understanding of God, themselves, the world around them, and religion.