1. The Enlightenment and Great Awakening
Lecture 1
The Enlightenment and Great Awakening
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2. Standard
Describe the Enlightenment and the rise of democratic ideas as the context in which the nation was founded
Essential Question: Describe the Enlightenment and explain how these philosophies gave rise to the democratic ideals that shaped the United States

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Enlightenment
Renaissance
Reformation
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Scientific Revolution
Great Awakening

4. Middle Ages When the Roman Empire fell, two groups filled the void
Power
the Roman Catholic Church
aristocrats
“Logic” was forgotten as society fell apart (people=ignorant)
Important=afterlife
of the Greeks and Romans

5. Changes in Thought Trade/Travel The Renaissance Reformation
“Rebirth” of the Greco-Roman Classics
Reformation
Martin Luther V. Catholic Church
Scientific Revolution
Emphasis on Logic and Reason

6. THE ENLIGHTENMENT
Age of Reason  Reaches its height in mid-1700’s
Influenced by Scientific Revolution
Belief in progress  through reason, a better society was possible

7. ENLIGHTENMENT Rousseau Diderot John Locke Montesquieu Thomas Hobbes
Social Contract
Direct Democracy
Thomas Hobbes
Strong Central Government
People were Weak and Selfish
Diderot
Encylopedea
ENLIGHTENMENT
John Locke
Natural Rights:
Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Property
Divine Right???
Montesquieu
3 Branches of Government
Separation of Powers

8. separation of church state
So…
The Renaissance Reformation Scientific Revolution Enlightenment
Caused the American Revolution
Founding Fathers borrowed ideas
Jefferson, Franklin, Madison, Adams, Paine
Major Ideas
natural rights
Gov. by consent
separation of powers
separation of church state
“We the people…”
From
Aristotle, Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu

9. Religious Freedoms Revival of religion in the American colonies
Many of the first colonists came to America for religious freedom
Pilgrims & Puritans in New England
Catholics in Maryland
Quakers in Pennsylvania
The Church controlled every part of these peoples’ lives
only members of congregations could vote
Attendance was mandatory
Genuinely concerned about religion
Stressed about their eternal salvation
Their children & grandchildren were less devout
church attendance dropped

10. The Great Awakening~ 1740s
Jonathan Edwards~ emphasized the dependence people had on God to be saved
HELL
membership & # of churches
Churches split apart
new style preaching (the New Lights)
older-style preaching (the Old Lights)
Separate schools
Power of Churches
Competition/movement of people…
( He even described the smell of burning flesh.) sometimes members of the audience faintedMore churches meant churches had less power and influence over people’s day-to-day lives.
If you didn’t like one church you could always go to others or move to another town.
other preachers, like, toured through the colonies giving similar addresses
thousands of Americans heard these kinds of sermons

11. Impact of the Enlightenment & the Great Awakening
Great Awakening emphasized emotion
Enlightenment emphasized logic
Both caused people to question traditional authority
By stressing the importance of the individual
The Enlightenment ~ human reason
Great Awakening ~ de-emphasizing the role of church authority.
Influenced the colonists to question Britain’s authority over their lives
Made us different than the English
Americans first, subjects of England second

12. Double Bubble Map
Great
Awakening
Enlightenment