The Second Great Awakening began in New England in the 1790s and soon spread to the rest of the United States. It lasted until the 1830s. Usually less emotional than the first revival, this nonetheless inspired renewed missionarism and educational efforts. A large number of Protestant faculties were founded during this period and with this came much research that contributed to the technological advances of the time such as electricity and the growth of the steel and oil industries.
The First Continental Congress wrote a petition to King George declaring Parliament couldn't pass laws on the colonists without representation by colonists.
