The Great Awakening’s impact on American independence: Setting the Stage for Revival and Revolution “I am verily persuaded,” George Whitefield wrote, “the Generality of Preachers talk of an unknown, unfelt Christ. And the Reason why Congregations have been so dead, is because dead Men preach to them.” No one could accuse George Whitefield of being a “dead preacher.” Not only did the man preach over 70,000 sermons in half a dozen countries over his lifetime, but he also travel