The Great Awakening was a movement that began because religious leaders feared that colonists had lost their religious excitement. It encouraged people to question authority, first of the church and later the British Government
The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement that emphasized reason and science. It was based on the belief that in natural laws that controlled how the universe worked, that natural laws should be the basis of all government. It encouraged people to question god
Basically they are opposites but they effect each other a lot
