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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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