The 'Great Awakening' of the 1730s and 1740s was significant because it:
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Correct answer: Challenged traditional religious authority and promoted a sense of individual spiritual agency.
This religious revival emphasized personal emotion and 'new birth' over formal doctrine. It weakened the power of established 'Old Light' ministers and fostered a spirit of independence that some historians link to the later revolutionary movement.
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