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1) Why did America need a Great Awakening?
America needed a Great Awakening because man is sinful, they failed to preach the gospel and others lacked spiritual zeal.

2) How did the requirement of the church membership for participation in New England lead to spiritual decline?
At first you had to have evidence that you were born again to be a member but then you just had to be born into a family where your ancestors were members. So you didn't have to be converted to join the church.

3) What were the revivals called in Britain? America?
In Britain the revivals were called Methodist Revivals but in America they were Great Awakenings.

4) Besides his famous sermon, what was Jonathan Edwards remembered for?
He is remembered as colonial America's foremost theologian and as one of the greatest intellects our nation has had.

5) Why did George Whitefield begin preaching outdoors?
He began preaching outdoors because many ministers disapproved of his messages so they barred him from their churches

6) What were the results of the Great Awakening?
It promoted religious freedom and showed us you need Christ as your personal savior and that churches function better when there is no government support or regulations.

7) What did the Indians say about David Brainerd?
The Indians said, "He not only talk about Jesus all the time. Him live Jesus all the time."

8) Which colleges were a direct result of the Great Awakening? Which one developed as a mission school for Indians?
Princeton, Brown, Rutgers, and Dartmouth were colleges that were a direct result of the Great Awakening. Dartmouth was the school that was originally developed as a mission school for Indians.

9) Explain how the Great Awakening influenced education, religious freedom, and political freedom.
It influenced education in the fact that if it does not point to Christ it is false, religious freedom was influenced so that people saw they needed Christ and that churches should not be involved with the government.

• John and Charles Wesley- organized the Methodist church during the Great Awakening
• Awakening- a revival on a national level
• Jonathan Edwards- colonial America's foremost theologian and one of the greatest intellects our nation has ever produced
• "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"- a sermon by Jonathan Edward, the most famous sermon sermon in American history
• George Whitefield- and English evangelist who had the greatest impact on America during the Great Awakening
• Phillis Wheatley- first black, woman poet in America
• David Brainerd- best known missionary to the Indians