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    The American society started to change tremendously in 1815.It was due to very important events ‚the revolution of industry and the Second Great Awakening.The technology advanced significantly with new inventions like the telegraph‚ sewing machine‚ and assembly line.The agriculture was booming with the mechanical thresher‚ which was a tractor with a steam engine‚ and the reaper was used to harvest wheat. The Second Great Awakening started a whole new religious and Evangelicals ideas all across

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    During the 1730s‚ an extremely popular religious idea‚ Great Awakening‚ was spread across Europe and the British colonies in New England. The Great Awakening was a series of religious revivals which prompted a closer relationship with god. The revivals also represented a commitment showing a deeper devotion to their religion or “religion of the heart” (Walker 75). A new belief was adopted‚ one must ask for god’s grace to clear one’s sins in order for him/her to go to heaven. Minister would travel

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    Matthias passed judgment on all who would cross his path especially women. The Kingdom of Matthias describes the life of an American man’s religious revivalism‚ describes a story of sex‚ society and religion .The core theme was the impact of the Second Great Awakening concerning on the lives of the American people and society. The lives of men and women of the Second Great Awakening were shaped by their beliefs in God and the belief that the Truth would set them free from all the sins that they have committed

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    FIRST AND SECOND GREAT AWAKENING Comparison of the First and Second Great Awakening There are many factors that triggered the religious revivals known as the Great Awakenings. These awakenings encouraged citizens to partake in religious ceremonies and activities. Some agreed and joined the bandwagon‚ some refused. The awakenings had aspects that resulted in great long term benefits in government‚ education‚ and society. During the 1730s it was apparent that

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    system of their respective countries. Recession - A period of slow or negative economic growth (2 consecutive quarters)‚ usually accompanied by rising unemployment. American Monetary Unit The dollar or Reales (a common name for the Spanish peso) and its sub-denominations were commonly used in commercial transactions along American seaboard and the most abundant form of money and was therefore adopted as the unit of account. The new nation needed a stable monetary unit and a banking

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    The Second Great Awakening was an enormous religious revival that swept the  American nation in the beginning of the 19th century. A revival is defined by Webster’s  Dictionary as “the growth of something or an increase in the activity of something after a long  period of no growth or activity.” This revival caused an unfathomable amount of permanent  change to the United States. The Second Great Awakening converted millions of Americans‚  resulted in several new denominations of faith‚ changed the the way the American people 

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    Kirtland‚ the chapter fundamentally focuses on the religious terrain that Matthias endured after release from prison. While his attempt to endear himself to the Mormon Prophet Smith and the Mormon Church failed‚ he played a role in the Second Great Awakening. During the period‚ the northern opinion significantly influenced religious change movement countrywide. In resisting this evangelical reformism‚ Smith and Matthias separately attacked the domineering views advanced by the Finneyite evangelicalism

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    Before the Seven Year’s War broke out‚ between the early 1740s and 1750s‚ a widespread Christianity revival movement in the colonies known as the “Great Awakening” introduced to the Americans the right to freely choose their own religious association and also stimulated a social reform. It had altered the mindsight of the Americans by giving them the freedom to choose what to believe and what religious practices to follow. It was the very first step they had to making their own choices‚ united together

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    t the American Revolution  because the French saw to imitate the newly and successfully implemented ideals of the  enlightenment‚ as well as the American ideals themselves‚ and finally the debt that the  American Revolution brought on France.   ● The French Were attempting to imitate our new freedom‚  ● The Americans were the first to implement the ideals of the Enlightenment  ● They attempted to implement the American ideals of freedom and liberty.  ● The American Revolution brought great debt on France 

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    At the time of the American Revolution and the founding of the United States‚ there were many influences on The American Revolution and the Founding of the United States especially those from the Puritans and the Enlightenment. Some of the Puritans ideas affected the ideals of the American Revolution‚ like the idea of a strong sense of community and strive for a more productive middle class. During the founding of the United States the idea of a strong sense of community because if they could not

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