APUSH Unit 3: American Revolution & Democracy Questions and Verified Answers | Passed | A+

Industrial Revolution, : period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing + production that began in the mid-1700s England, occurring in the US as well shortly after its start; agricultural --> industrial nation First Great Awakening (Evangelical Revival) : -religious revival in the colonies in mid 1700s, approximately starting in the 1730s -George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards preached a message of atonement for sins by admitting them to God -movement attempted to combat the growing secularism and rationalism of mideighteenth century America -religious splits in the colonies became deeper Jonathan Edwards 2 : American preacher during the First Great Awakening; "Sinners in the hands of angry god" George Whitefield : English clergyman credited with starting the Great Awakening, also a leader of the "New Lights" New Lights : Ministers who took part in the revivalist, emotive religious tradition pioneered by George Whitefield during the Great Awakening; Baptists and Methodists Old Lights : Orthodox clergymen who rejected the emotionalism of the Great Awakening in favor of a more rational spirituality Effects of the Great Awakening : religious pluralism, diversity over uniformity, separation of church and state, reduced church influence in education, sense of individual worth, promoted equality, "New Light" movement considered women and blacks equals, laid a foundation for American Revolution 3 Enlightenment : A movement in the 18th century (1700s) that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions