11/30 Quiz Flashcards
Who were the upper class in society and were doctors, lawyers and big business owners?
Gentry
Who were small business owners, independent farmers and artisans?
Middle Class
Who were people who made goods by hand?
Artisans
Who were the people that signed a contract to work for 4 - 10 years for anyone who would pay their passage over to the New World?
Indentured Servants
What was the religious revival led by Johnathan Edwards?
Great Awakening
Who wrote the essay “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”?
Johnathan Edwards
Who carried on the Great Awakening?
George Whitfield
The colonies believed that everyone had to be able to read what book?
the Bible
In New England, all towns with 50 or more families had to be provided by the government with what?
a schoolteacher
What were the public schools payed with?
tax dollars
What type of school did the New England colonies have?
Public schools
Which colony had mostly private schools?
Middle Colonies
Which colony had private tutors only?
Southern Colonies
What were women who opened their homes to teach the boys and girls?
Dame Schools
