Page "First Great Awakening" Paragraph 2

It brought Christianity to African slaves and was a monumental event in New England that challenged established authority.

It incited rancor and division between old traditionalists who insisted on the continuing importance of ritual and doctrine, and the new revivalists, who encouraged emotional involvement and personal commitment.

It had a major impact in reshaping the Congregational church, the Presbyterian church, the Dutch Reformed Church, and the German Reformed denomination, and strengthened the small Baptist and Methodist denominations.

It had little impact on Anglicans and Quakers.