Question

Which is an example of a significant social effect of the First Great Awakening

A) Colonists began challenging the authority of existing religious establishments.

B) Protest denominations declined in the colonies.

C) Catholic immigrants increased in the colonies.

D) Women in leadership roles in the church increased.

Answer 1

A) Colonists began challenging the authority of existing religious establishments.

Answer 2

Option A, Colonists began challenging the authority of existing religious establishments, is the right answer.

The Great Awakening brought about divides into several major religious values in the American colonies. Values closed up bursting between the “new lights” who wanted to understand the doctrines of the Great Awakening and the“old lights” who carried the old religious ideas. Through the Great Awakening, Americans began to break the religious traditions while dispensing the common values.

Therefore, this Great Awakening changed the views regarding religion.