Question

the first stirrings of the first Great Awakening took place in

Answer 1

it took place in New England

Answer 2

it swept Protestant Europe and British America, and especially the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, leaving a permanent impact on American cities. It resulted from powerful preaching that gave listeners a sense of deep personal revelation of their need of salvation by Jesus Christ. Pulling away from ritual and ceremony, the Great Awakening made Christianity intensely personal to the average person by fostering a deep sense of spiritual conviction and redemption, and by encouraging introspection and a commitment to a new standard of personal morality.