HIST 2055 Chapter : 10 The Revolution Outline
Document Summary
Enlightenment and the first great awakening: overview of colonies. Described as a movment that wants people to use logic/reason to figure out natural laws=no superstitsion or other none real things. Scientific reason to the world=use priciples to find the world. Why is it so important: the people who created the syste of governemtn today were devoted to the enlightnment=john adams, james. American enlightenment: extent of influence, intellectual principals, impact, political, religious-deism. Nation was foudned by angelican christians/many were. Believe that the god that create the univers,earth, man then left the scene. Set up all these natural laws,about the natural world,man. Very different than how the christians see it. Mankind= good, only acts bad because of wrong headed- mislead through superstition/misinformation. Angleican/ puritan: why are there revivals in all the colonies, traced back to george wigfield, had a disagreement with church of. Starts in new england then moves into south saving sould then burns itself out.
