In the 18th century, many people died at a much younger age than they do today. how might awareness of the fragility of life have affected people’s receptiveness to edwards’s sermon.

Edward's sermon warned people of what would happen to them after death if they did not repent and followed God's commandments. Therefore, the threat he was relying on was that of the afterlife.

In the eighteenth century, people died at a younger age than they do now. This means that death was more likely to be present in their minds as an immediate reality and a constant threat. This awareness of the fragility of life most likely made people more afraid of the afterlife, and in consequence, more receptive to Edward's sermon.

as general terms,  indian territory,  the indian territories, or  indian country  describe an evolving land area set aside by the  united states government  for the relocation of  native americans  who held  aboriginal title  to their land. in general, the tribes ceded land they occupied in exchange for  land grants  in 1803. the concept of an indian territory was an outcome of the 18th- and 19th-century policy of  indian removal. after the  civil war(1861–1865), the policy of the government was one of  assimilation.

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