Why did " Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" have such a great impact in those days ? Were there any special history events during those days ?

was active
as a preacher during a period that
came to be known as the Great Awakening. After the trauma of
the Salem
witchcraft trials in 1692, residents of New England were recovering and
seeing
themselves as attaining physical and spiritual comfort in their
colonial surroundings. One
indication of this change in attitude
was...