The common link among Princeton University, the Hasidim, and John Wesley is that they all
A) played an important role in shaping Thomas Jefferson's political thinking.
B) were persecuted by their respective governments for unorthodox thinking.
C) flourished because of religious revivalism in the eighteenth century.
D) shared a bequest from the great Quaker philanthropist William Penn.

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Princeton University, the Hasidim, and John Wesley are all connected through the influence of religious revivalism in the eighteenth century. Princeton was founded during the First Great Awakening, a period of religious revival in the American colonies. The Hasidic movement, a Jewish spiritual revival movement, began in the 18th century in Eastern Europe. John Wesley was a leader in the Methodist movement, which was part of the evangelical revival in the British Isles.

The Common Link Among Princeton University, the Hasidim, and John