1.the great awakening divided the colonies on the basis of religion emphasized church doctrine and traditional teachings emphasized a personal approach to salvation, challenged traditional authority, and churches began appointing their own ministers emphasized an intellectual approach to the scriptures 2.which of the following describes a major pattern of demographic change that characterized almost every early european effort to colonize north america? colonists made little effort to accommodate american indian culture colonial populations were populated largely with married couples american indian populations declined in huge numbers unpaid laborers were given no opportunity to eventually win freedom