The Great Awakening refers to a series of religious revivals, primarily in the 18th and early 19th centuries, that swept through the American colonies and the early United States. The First Great Awakening began in the 1730s, characterized by a renewed fervor for spirituality and a shake-up in religious communities driven by figures like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield. This movement emphasized personal faith, emotional engagement in sermons, and the idea of salvation accessible to all, rather than through church doctrine alone.
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