US History › Section B · Colonial societies and the English empire › Topic B.7
The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment
Two movements swept the British Atlantic in the 1700s. The Great Awakening stirred intense, personal religious feeling; the Enlightenment urged people to trust reason and observation. They pulled in different directions, but both taught colonists to question established authority.
In this topic
- Two movements, one Atlantic world
- Revival begins
- George Whitefield, the travelling preacher
- A message for everyone
- New Lights and Old Lights
- Worked example: did the Awakening prepare the Revolution?
- The ideas of the Enlightenment
- Benjamin Franklin, the American example
- Worked example: the lightning rod
- Georgia: a planned colony
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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