England by the Wesleys and George Whitfield, it did help foster a more unified sense of "Americanism" among British colonists in the New World.  In addition, it encouraged people to not be afraid of confrontation with religious authorities, and to actively pursue social discussion of whether a particular religious teaching or tradition was correct or helpful to the aims of religion.  This led to an increased sense that confronting errors in authoritarian structures was acceptable, leading to the same confrontational stance about political themes.  This, of course, increased the acceptance of the idea that political authorities could be challenged if they were "wrong."

On the other hand, would this movement have occured without the ideals of the Enlightenment? Enlightenment philosophers such as Voltaire, Montesquieu and Rosseau  espoused concepts which in many ways led directly to the Great Awakening.  Thomas Hobbes and John Locke expounded the political theories that underlay the American Revolution and all that led to it.  So the question is which is of more weight in the scales of history, one movement or another movement which gave it impetus?  This is a question that probably cannot be answered impartially.  I would say the Enlightenment was more important, because it is the basis of our political culture and it led to the Great Awakening, which is the basis of our spiritual culture.  But someone else might feel differently.