When the Great Awakening happened that was the cause for the rebuilding of a new city. Even the nation became unified due to the movement that was used to bring lost souls to god. A man named George Whitefield contributed to the unity‚ his preachings brought a lot of
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The first Great Awakening was a religious movement among the colonies in the 1730’s and the 1740’s. The movement was needed because of the substantial decrease in the amount of members in the church. The Puritans had "lost its grip" on society. When the New Massachusetts law of 1691 allowed colonial Americans to worship freely and the right to vote‚ colonist were overwhelmed that they discarded what might be in store for them in the future. The Puritans lost faith developing a taste for material
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In the early nineteenth century‚ African Americans were involved in the "Second Awakening". They met in camp meetings and sang without any hymnbook. Spontaneous songs were composed on the spot. They were called "spiritual songs and the term "sperichil" (spiritual) appeared for the first time in the book "Slave Songs of The United States".The negro spirituals "The Gospel Train" and "Swing low‚ sweet chariot" which directly refer to the Underground Railroad‚ an informal organization who helped many
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The Enlightenment shook the grounds of Europe‚ seeking a more intellectual society. Centuries later‚ the Great Awakening had a similar effect on America; pulling the colonies back to religion. Although the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening were pushing for two different causes‚ and took place on opposite sides of the globe‚ the two eras are quite alike. Both of these time periods produced profound intellectual and religious ideas. A major goal of the Enlightenment was to utilize the means learned
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Events Leading Up to the American Revolutionary War Great Awakening (1730s-1740s) The Great Awakening was a sort of religious revival that swept through the English colonies and was a reaction against the Enlightenment which had started due to the mass of wealth and greed of the church and upper class‚ leading to up to the American Revolution by inspiring an idea of democracy and independence in the colonists. It connected the colonies by a religious bond and made many colonists feel they were equal
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By the mid-18th century‚ the colonies were seeing the emergence of the Great Awakening. This was an immense religious revival that swept across the Protestant world in the 1730s and 1740s. During this time‚ England‚ Scotland‚ Ulster‚ New England‚ the mid-Atlantic colonies‚ and for some time South Carolina‚ responded very well to calls for spiritual rebirth. This so called Great Awakening‚ broke many denominational loyalties in the colonies and allowed the Methodists and the Baptist to rush ahead
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The Great Awakening (1730s)- In the 1730s‚ ministers were stressed that many people in America were turning away from religion towards science and reasoning‚ thus causing a religious revival in the colonies. Ministers began travelling around the colonies holding large and emotional sermons attracting many people. During these sermons‚ ministers expressed that people could determine their own religion and churches were not essential to understand god‚ reducing the power of churches. The Great Awakening
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In this era of pre-industrialization‚ people did economic activities as work i.e. worked only for subsistence purposes. Goods were only for the family’s consumption. Production of goods was mostly done by the family and was expected to be for the family. For example‚ a farmer would grow food in the farm not for selling in the market but for his family to survive on and never lack. A mother would make clothes for her kids to wear instead of selling them in the market too (Jessica Whittemore). In this
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Whitney Smith May 30‚ 2013 English 3 Word Count: 900 The Great Gatsby In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby tries to “repeat the past” with tragic results. The novels narrator Nick Carraway tries to explain to Gatsby that he can’t repeat the past‚ but Gatsby states‚ “of course you can‚ old sport” (Fitzgerald). Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby met in Louisville. Before he left to fight in World War I he fell in love with Daisy. Right before he left Daisy promised to wait for
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Nostalgia Marketing The main purpose of this paper is to examine the existing literature and research that has been developed regarding the use of nostalgia as a marketing strategy both in its use in advertisement as well as in products that try to generate a nostalgic response in the customer. The main definitions and causes of nostalgia will be examined and the applications that nostalgia can have to modern marketers. The use of nostalgic motives has been increasing since the early nineties
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