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There have been four 'Great Awakenings' in US history, but 'the beginning' was of course the First Great Awakening, and that was started by the English cleric George Whitefield around 1740 AD.

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It started after the people stopped going to church and they needed a revival in the United States.

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Charles Grandison Finney, Lyman Beecher, Barton Stone, Peter Cartwright, Asahel Nettleton, and James B. Finley These names were gleaned from Wikipedia

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The Puritan preacher that started what is known as the Great Awakening in America was Jonathan Edwards. The Awakening was started in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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When did the second great awakening start?

2012


Where did the second great awakening start?

The Second Great Awakening started in upstate New York in the early 19th century, specifically at the site of the Cane Ridge Revival in 1801. It was characterized by a series of religious revivals that emphasized individual conversion and personal salvation.


When did the second great awakening end?

The Second Great Awakening was in decline by the 1830s.


What did the second great awakening inspire people to do rearding slavery?

what did the second great awakening inspire


What did the second great awakening cause?

The second great awakening caused shifts in theology and in religious beliefs


When did the second great awakening begin?

The Second Great Awakening began around 1790 in the United States.


What was the second great awakening?

The second great awakening was a religious revival in America. There were camp meetings. The abolitionist movement and the temperance movement were influenced by the Second Great Awakening.


Who opposed the second great awakening?

The southern states because the Second Great Awakening promoted the abolitionist movement.


The tendency toward rationalism and indifference in religion was reversed about 1800 by the?

probably the revivalist movement called the Second Great Awakening


Reform movement from second great awakening?

There are several reform movements associated with the Second Great Awakening including the women's rights movement, and abolitionism. The Second Great Awakening refers to a Protestant revival movement.


Who were the leaders of the second great awakening?

Barton W. Stone and Alexander Campbell were the two leaders of the second great awakening.


Why did the great awakening start?

The great awakening happened because of dissagreeements in religion and beliefs.