Original sentence: One attempt to consolidate religious practice is sometimes called the Great Awakening, a controversial term which refers to a Protestant revival movement that took place in the 1730s and 1740s.Some migrants who came to Colonial America were in search of the freedom to practice forms of Christianity disallowed and persecuted in Europe.The Great Awakening has been called the first truly "American" event,citation needed.The movement began with Jonathan Edwards, a Massachusetts preacher who sought to return to the Pilgrims' strict Calvinist roots and to reawaken the "Fear of God".Without a state religion, and because of Protestantism's decentralized organization, religious practice in the colonies grew diverse
Edited sentence: Edwards was a powerful speaker and attracted a large following with sermons such as "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God".It began with Jonathan Edwards, a Massachusetts preacher who sought to return to the Pilgrims' strict Calvinist roots and to reawaken the "Fear of God".One event that began to unify the religious background of the colonies was the Great Awakening, a Protestant revival movement that took place in the 1730s and 1740s.The Great Awakening has been called the first truly "American" event, and as such represented at least a small step towards the unification of the colonies