Examine the connections between the values of the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening and the emergence of republican ideals in the American colonies during the middle of the 18th century.
Please help me write a thesis.

Enlightenment  pro-ported the ideas of Reason of the humans and the Great Awakening in a way  brought those ideas to bear on the US

Explanation:

The ideas of the Enlightenment that were eventually to be of interest to the Great awakening were the ideas of high aesthetics and the critique of judgement and reason of the human mind that was to be influential.

This made the philosophical backdrop of the revolution that happened in the US and led to the movement that was the Great Awakening in the US of the people of the US.

The ideas of human reason and freedom were interpreted as the ideas of liberty of the human that was so prized in US at the time.

the first two years of american revolution was not very encouraging for the patriots since the british were far superior in sea power, arms and troops.