Page 36; Chapter the Great Awakening emphasized FE, OF The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment did not “Although 1, Section 4; emotionalism and the Enlightenment empathized have similar consequences. The Great Awakening paragraph titled reason, the two movements had similar was a direct response to the negative impact of the of the consequences.” Enlightenment on religious belief and religious “Effects Great Awakening practice. and In the a European philosophical movement, Enlightenment”; called the Enlightenment, swept America. Also called 1st sentence the Age of Reason, this era laid the foundation for a scientific, rather than religious, worldview. Freedom of conscience was at the heart of this struggle against old regimes and old ways of thinking, and it changed the way people viewed authority. In the same way, a religious revival, called the Great Awakening, changed the way people thought about their relationship with the divine, with themselves and with other people. The Enlightenment engaged the mind, but the Great Awakening engaged the heart. The Great Awakening pushed individual religious experience over established church doctrine, thereby decreasing the importance and weight of the clergy and the church in many instances. New denominations arose or grew in numbers as a result of the emphasis on individual faith and salvation. Page 61; Chapter Americans, however, remained on the FE Source: Page 59 of this text; 3rd paragraph “Native – “Most 2, Section 2; 3rd fringes of the revolution, preferring to remain Native Americans supported the British because paragraph independent and true to their own cultures.” they viewed colonial settlers as a greater threat to their lands.” Page 71; Chapter is a document, capable of meeting the FE The Constitution is a legal document. It provides the “It ‘living’ 2, Section 3; changing needs of Americans.” framework for our constitutional republic. The Section 4 titled Founding Fathers did recognize that extenuating circumstances could arise that they had not “Continued Relevance of the anticipated. With that in mind, they did provide for an
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