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Which early religious movement played a key role in developing democratic thought and individual freedom-- ideas which helped usher in the American Revolution?

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The Great Awakening.


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It could be argued that it was the "Protestant Reformation" that played a key role in developing democratic thought and individual freedom, since this led people to question the authority of the Catholic Church. 
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