In 1720, a religious renewal known as the Great Awakening encompassed throughout the American colonies especially in New England (American History 50). People of religious means, such as Christians, started to separate from the strict church and pave their own way of worshipping (Mccormick, 1). The Great Awakening embraced the evangelical style of preaching and followed to the belief of evangelists, such as the bible was the word of God (The Great Awakening). A majority of people in America started to change their view of faith, rituals and self-awareness. The reason why the Great Awakening was so effective was thanks to men like George Whitefield, a clergymen who in 1739 began to preach of his belief of gaining salvation, Gilbert Tenant, a Presbyterian minister who criticized ministers who were against the Great Awakening, and Jonathan Edwards a puritan preacher that preached the significance of the Christianity religion (American History 50). The original Puritan religion in the early 1700’s became less appealing after the restoration of the Great Awakening because the people were allowed to freely and openly express their views, opinions and emotions in order to have a closer intimacy with God (American History 51). This lead to separations between “Old Lights” and “New Lights.” The “New Lights” were the revivalists who broke off from the congressionalist’s. The “New Lights” consisted with many Anglicans and Presbyterians who went and created their own values (The Great Awakening). The Great Awakening emphasized personal freedom and rejected slavery. The conflicts between religious and political groups came to an end towards the late 17th century, and the Church of England was established as the ruling church throughout the country due to the Glorious Revolution of 1688 (The Great Awakening). Catholicism, Judaism, and Puritanism, and other religions were then suppressed (The Great Awakening). The main impact of G