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Question
Which would be considered a significant social effect of the First Great Awakening?
Responses
A The number of Protestant religious denominations in the colonies declined.The number of Protestant religious denominations in the colonies declined.
B The colonies experienced an increase in the number of Catholic immigrants.The colonies experienced an increase in the number of Catholic immigrants.
C The colonists began to challenge the authority of existing religious institutions.The colonists began to challenge the authority of existing religious institutions.
D The number of women assuming a leadership role in religious institutions increased.

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The significant social effect of the First Great Awakening would be:

C The colonists began to challenge the authority of existing religious institutions.

The First Great Awakening encouraged individual interpretation of religion and challenged the established religious authority, leading to increased diversity in religious practices and beliefs among the colonists.