An Outflow Of Religion: The Great Awakening

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The Great Awakening was an outflow of religious that occurred in the American Colonies in the mid-18th century. It was an important religious developments that brought the colonies closer to Britain. It started in the Middle Colonies in the 1730s, and continued in 1740-1745 in the northern colonies by a strong hit hurricane. The last face was in the 1760s of the revival spread though the South.

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