The Contradictions at the Heart of the American Revolution – Part VIII — The Great Awakening & Moral Contradictions (1730s–1760s)
The Great Awakening (1730s-1760s) was a significant spiritual revival that promoted emotional rebirth and spiritual equality yet coincided with increasing racial slavery, Indigenous dispossession, and settler expansion. This paradox revealed moral fervor alongside structural inequalities, shaping America's complex narrative of freedom and captivity that would influence future revolutionary sentiments.
