The Great Awakening erupted because many devoted church members saw that the sanctity of church was being compromised. Religion brought many colonists to America in the first place, yet in the 18th century, while the number of denominations were increasing, the number of regular churchgoers were dwindling. The primary purpose of The Great Awakening was to revive religion in the American colonies, but primarily in New England. Another, was social reform, the obsession with acquiring wealth and obtaining as much profit as possible was priority in the American colonies, and caused religion to become secondary.
A group of charismatic evangelical protestant minsters came together and traveled across the American colonies preaching to churches and
A group of charismatic evangelical protestant minsters came together and traveled across the American colonies preaching to churches and