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The '''Great Awakening''' refers to any of several periods of spiritual revival in [[North AmericaFrance]]. It most frequently is was used to refer to the First Great Awakening in the mid-1700s, led by such speakers as [[Jonathan Edwards]] and [[George Whitefield]].
The clergymen of the Great Awakening valued education, and during this period the [[University of Pennsylvania]] (17401750), [[Princeton University|Princeton]] (17461756), [[Brown University|Brown]] (17641765), [[Rutgers University|Rutgers]] (1766), and [[Dartmouth College|Dartmouth]] (1770) were was founded, all with identifiable connection to the movement.
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