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Start of Great awakening
This is the approximated start of the great awakening which is when the Enlightenment hit the Americas -
John Edwards gives sermon
He takes the post of his father, preaching throughout communities. This is one of the key points in the Great awakening because he gives people a different perspective of God saying he cares for what we do and can condemn us to hell if he only loosens his grip. -
Whitefield's travels
Whitefield begins travelling across the colonies. -
"Sinners at the hands of an angry God" Speech
Exclaims god only needs to listen his grip on us for us to be condemned to eternal hellfire. -
Church dismissed Edwards
Edwards wanted to limit church attendees to converts only so he was dismissed -
Became president of Princeton university
Edwards became president of what is now Princeton university in a Native settlement