GREAT AWAKENING
\ɡɹˈe͡ɪt ɐwˈe͡ɪknɪŋ], \ɡɹˈeɪt ɐwˈeɪknɪŋ], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_t ɐ_w_ˈeɪ_k__n_ɪ_ŋ]\
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A religious revival between 1734 and 1744, through Massachusetts and Connecticut, induced by the eloquence of Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield. Edwards had a parish at Northampton, Whitefield was an Englishman. Their preaching aroused the greatest religious enthusiasm, and made hundreds of converts. The awakening was looked upon with disfavor in England.
By John Franklin Jameson
