Important leaders of the Great Awakening?

Answer 1

The importance of the Great Awakening is that it encouraged ideas of fairness and stressed the significance of an individual over the church. The ministers preached that inner religious emotion is more essential than outer religious behavior. They found out that the religious power was up to them, instead of the church. That realization led to the thinking that the political power was in their hands and not in the hands of the English monarch. The Great Awakening contributed to the Declaration of Independence, which was the separation from England and the colonies.

Answer 2

The First Great Awakening took place in the United States in the 18th century. It was a religious revival that was led by Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield. The Second Great Awakening took place in the 19th century in the US. Two important leaders of this religious movement were evangelist Charles G. Finney and Presbyterian preacher James McGready.