The Second Great Awakening started in 1800. Social equality in the new nation all boiled down to religion. “At the start of the Revolution the largest denominations were congregationalists (the 18th-century descendants of Puritan churches), anglicans (known after the Revolution as Episcopalians), and Quakers.” Afterwards, Methodists and Baptists were becoming the fasting-growing religions in the nation and started attempting to democratize religion. Preachers began performing traveling revivals to spread their religious message. In the beginning, their focus was on the Appalachian frontier. However, they quickly moved into the 13 original colonies. Traveling revivals were viewed as a social event where faith could be revitalized. Methodists
