2022-10-10/13 Flashcards
Who was a former indentured servant who came to colonial Virginia in the hopes of acquiring land of his own in the 1670s?
Nathaniel Bacon
Who, after serving their dindenture, was unable to get any land of his own and led a bitter protest against the Virginian government?
Nathaniel Bacon
Who, after Bacon died of an illness, hanged the other protesters?
Governor William Berkeley
What provided an easy way to bring settlers to the new world?
The Headright System
What a servant is entitled to once the contract is over
Freedman’s dues
The term that refers to the mid 18th century religious revival that swept throughout much of Colonial America
Great Awakening
What was the movement characterized by hell fire and brimstone sermons through much of Colonial America
Great Awakening
What were trying to scare people into going to church and being good?
Hell fire and brimstone sermons
Who was a former pub operator who came to Colonial America and preached on degeneration of man and the mercy of God?
George Whitefield
Who was an American born preacher who delivered his most famous sermon, “Sinners in the land of an Angry God”, in Connecticut?
Johnathan Edwards
Who were the major beneficiaries of the Great Awakening?
Methodists and Baptists
What is America’s oldest university that was originally established to train congregationalist ministers in the 1630s and wasn’t open to women until the 1960s?
Harvard
What University was founded in Connecticut and founded for Congregationalists?
Yale
What University was founded in Rhode Island and founded by Baptists?
Brown
What University was founded by Benjamin Franklin and is the oldest non-denomination university?
University of Pennsylvania
