The First Great Awakening

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The first Great Awakening is one of the most significant religious movements in the American history that started in 1730s. To understand this, there needs to be a thorough explanation of the two main figures involved in this movement. Jonathan Edwards is the first one. He was an American preacher that worried about people who found wealth more valuable than religious beliefs. There was a new preaching style created by Edwards and other preachers, which provokes fear in hell. Edwards described hell with details and the listeners began to fear the God and his anger. Soon after Edwards spread new preaching style, George Whitefield who was an English minister came to hear Edwards preach. George Whitefield was a gifted public speaker, so he evolves

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