... 18th century, when the Anglican Church became complacent and cold, and more concerned with politics than people, God found the Wesley brothers and preachers like George Whitfield to lead a great revival that brought people back to spiritual life and restored their concern for the poor. That first great awakening spread to America with the preaching of Jonathan Edwards and other powerful preachers and sowed the seeds for the American Revolution. It is known as the First Awakening in spiritual history. At the ...