c. 1730–1760 CE · regional revival movements · Americas · Faith
Revival movements transformed Protestant worship, print culture and ideas of individual conscience.
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Why it matters
The strongest New England phase had ebbed by the mid-1740s, while revivalism spread elsewhere and continued in later movements. Whitefield’s 1739–1741 colonial tour was an important episode. This entry’s c. 1730–1760 range is a broad survey, not one uninterrupted revival in every colony.
Library of Congress: Religion in Eighteenth-Century America ↗Preachers emphasised personal conversion, often described as a new birth. Supporters and opponents divided Congregational and Presbyterian communities into New Light or New Side and Old Light or Old Side groupings. The movement created connections and institutions while also producing serious disputes within Protestant churches.
Library of Congress: The Great Awakening ↗Silent pan-and-zoom motion derivative of the The Great Awakening reconstruction; not archival footage.
Primary Atlas editorial reconstruction for The Great Awakening.
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This dossier distinguishes the event’s basic chronology from later arguments about meaning, responsibility and legacy. When comparing religious, national, Indigenous or scholarly interpretations, consult the primary and institutional sources above alongside peer-reviewed historical work.
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