The Great Awakening 

A religious revolution that inspired individuals to believe they had control over their own destiny,  it pushed individual religious experience over established church doctrine, thereby decreasing the importance and weight of the clergy and the church in many instances. A new branch of power arose or grew in numbers as a result of the emphasis on individual faith and salvation.It unified the American colonies as it spread through numerous preachers and revivals. This unification was greater than had ever been achieved previously in the colonies. With this movement came preachers like Jonathen Edwards and George Whitfield who utilized the power of their words to convert and motivate the people of the time back into religion.