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…showed last 75 words of 231 total…throughout the colonies like a wildfire. It had started because of churchgoers complaining about boring sermons, and ministers worried about the churchgoers lacking faith. The great awakening was the first spontaneous mass movement of the American people that greatly increased the numbers and competitiveness of American churches. It tended to break down sectional boundaries as well as denominational lines which in turn contributed to the development of the separation of church and state in America.