July 8, 1741, Colonial America was shaken by the preaching of Jonathan Edwards in Northampton, Massachusetts, when the revival known as the “Great Awakening” began. Starting in New England, this spiritual blaze swept through all the Colonies, affecting the whole of American society. Perhaps more than anyone realizes, it forced the hunger for freedom which climaxed in the Declaration of Independence and America’s withdrawal from England. Sixty years after New England’s awakeni