The first great awakening or evangelical rebirth was a series of Christian rebirths that swept Britain and its thirteen colonies between the years 1730 and 1740. On the basis of the oldest traditions, Puritanism, Pietism and Presbyterianism, the main leaders of the Renaissance, Like George Whitefield, John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards, they articulated a theology of revival and salvation that transcended borders and helped create a common evangelical identity.
Although characteristics varied slightly with each small settlement, the primary characteristics that spread through them all was hard work, and a fear of God.
