Colonial American Newspapers about Events and Religious Debate of the First Great Awakening of 1730s—1740s

The First Great Awakening was a powerful religious movement that swept across all British colonies in North America and coincided with the Enlightenment. It had a profound effect on all aspects of colonial life, greatly affecting religion, politics, and ideology. Religious texts dominated colonial newspapers creating unique channels of communication and information exchange in America.

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Great Awakening, colonial newspapers, New England Puritanism, “New Lights”, American War of Independence

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06.02.2019

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GOST	Khruleva I. Colonial American Newspapers about Events and Religious Debate of the First Great Awakening of 1730s—1740s // Novaia i noveishaia istoriia – 2019. – Issue 1 C. 25-36 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://nni.jes.su/S013038640003802-0-1 (circulation date: 29.04.2025). DOI: 10.31857/S013038640003802-0
MLA	Khruleva, Irina "Colonial American Newspapers about Events and Religious Debate of the First Great Awakening of 1730s—1740s." Novaia i noveishaia istoriia 1 (2019):25-36. DOI: 10.31857/S013038640003802-0
APA	Khruleva I. (2019). Colonial American Newspapers about Events and Religious Debate of the First Great Awakening of 1730s—1740s. Novaia i noveishaia istoriia (1), pp.25-36 DOI: 10.31857/S013038640003802-0

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