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3121706130What was the Great Awakening?A spiritual revival that swept through the colonies between 1730-17600
3121714671Why did most colonists still need a revival even though they attended church?To turn them back to God.1
3121763506What was Jonathan Edwards?a great Puritan minister who was one of the first leaders of the Great Awakening2
3121772127What was another name for the Puritan churches?Congregational churches3
3121774471Why did Jonathan Edwards move to the frontier?His church in Northampton would not let him preach anymore4
3121778871Jonathan Edwards became president of what university just before his death?Princeton5
3121780495What church did John Wesley start?the Methodist church6
3121782399What was the mother of John and Charles Wesley?Susanna Wesley7
3121785155Where did John and Charles Wesley go to college?Oxford University8
3121787954Why did John Wesley start preaching in the open air?The ministers in the Church of England did not want him to preach in their churches9
3121791990How many times did George Whitefield come to America to preach the gospel?710
3121793680Why did George Whitefield preach outdoors?The churches supported by the colonial government were against Whitefield's preaching11
3121796885Who was Whitefield's famous American friend?Benjamin Franklin12
3121799632What young missionary gave his life to take the gospel to the Indians?David Brainerd13
3121800557What was Tattamy?David Brainerd's faithful Indian helper14
3121804537In whose home did David Brainerd die?Jonathan Edward's15
3121806462How did the Great Awakening affect America?It drew colonists together so that our country would truly become one nation under God16
3121811787What pastored a church in Middleborough, Massachusetts, for 58 years and also worked to make America a free country?Isaac Backus17
3121815582Who was a famous missionary to the Indians?David Brainerd18
3121822378Who was the famous English preacher who started the Methodist church?John Wesley19
3121826235City where Jonathan Edwards pastored a churchNorthampton, Massachusetts20
3121829737College in England attended by the Wesleys and George WhitefieldOxford21

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