Causes and Effects of the Great Awakening Causes Effects • New religious groups such as the Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians take root. • Emphasis on education grows. • Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, and others preach of the need for a revival of religious belief • Awareness of the importance of religion in people's lives grows. • A religious revival sweeps through America in the mid-1700s. • Makes Americans more willing to challenge authority prior to the can Revolution. 5. Which of the choices below completes the Effects side of the Great Awakening chart? a. Belief grows that all people are equal before God. b. Colonists place more faith in English authority. c. Persecution of religious minorities begins in the colonies. d. Slavery is justified throughout the colonies.

Causes and Effects of the Great Awakening Causes Effects • New religious groups such as the Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians take root. • Emphasis on education grows. • Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, and others preach of the need for a revival of religious belief • Awareness of the importance of religion in people's lives grows. • A religious revival sweeps through America in the mid-1700s. • Makes Americans more willing to challenge authority prior to the can Revolution. 5. Which of the choices below completes the Effects side of the Great Awakening chart? a. Belief grows that all people are equal before God. b. Colonists place more faith in English authority. c. Persecution of religious minorities begins in the colonies. d. Slavery is justified throughout the colonies.