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. Which of these examples of colonial literature was written as part of the Great Awakening? “On the Death of Rev. Dr. Sewall” “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” The Tenth Muse, Lately Sprung Up in America General History of Virginia
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The example of colonial literature that was written as part of the Great Awakening is **“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”** by Jonathan Edwards. This sermon, delivered in 1741, is one of the most famous examples of Great Awakening rhetoric and emphasizes the themes of sin, salvation, and the urgency of repentance. The other works you mentioned were not part of the Great Awakening.