The First Great Awakening was lead by Jonathon Edwards in the 1730's and 1740's and impacted both sides of the Atlantic and involved a move away from ritual and doctrine as central to the religious...
The Great Awakening was named this because it awakened people from the dark. It was a religious movement that awakened the many people that had turned away from religion.
Discourage church membership and promote a more centered, individualized religious experience.
Which eventually resulted in the sectional divisions between the three major denominations that...