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.
Charles Grandison Finney, Lyman Beecher, Barton Stone, Peter Cartwright, Asahel Nettleton, and James B. Finley These names were gleaned from Wikipedia
The Puritan preacher that started what is known as the Great Awakening in America was Jonathan Edwards. The Awakening was started in Northampton, Massachusetts.
The Second Great Awakening was in decline by the 1830s.
The southern states because the Second Great Awakening promoted the abolitionist movement.
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.
The Second Great Awakening helped the women's movement gain momentum in the US. The Second Great Awakening began in the mid-1850s.
An increase in reform movements