Question

"We would build our camps with log frames, and cover them with boards and shingles. We would build a covered grandstand, large enough to hold five thousand people; and here they would come together from forty to fifty miles around, sometimes further than that. In one day, I heard ten different ministers preaching; each for three or four hours at a time...."

Josiah Matthews, 1738

This journal entry would be of most use to a student writing a report titled

A) "The Enlightenment"
B) "The Abolition Movement"
C) "The First Great Awakening"
D) "The Protestant Reformation"

Answer 1

The answer will be C) "The first Great Awakening". It was a revival o the protestant movement in the USA.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C) The First Great Awakening.

There are several different pieces of evidence that give this away. One piece of evidence would be the date in which the journal entry was created. The First Great Awakening took place during the 1730's and 1740's in England. This document would fall in this time period.

Another piece of evidence that gives this away is the fact that the journal refers to "ministers preaching" for several hours throughout the day. The Great Awakening really revolved around these types of events in which preachers can share the word of God with other citizens.