Ch18 - People Flashcards
Who ruled England after the death of Queen Elizabeth I?
James I (formerly James VI of Scotland)
What group of Separatists fled the Holland in 1609 to escape persecution from James I and established the Plymouth Colony?
Pilgrims
Who became king following his father’s (James I) death and had a stubborn belief in the divine right of kings?
Charles I
What was the name of the group that fought for the principle of government by consent?
Roundheads
What was the name of the group that fought for the principle of divine right?
Cavaliers
Who was the military genius who led Parliament’s armies and established the Commonwealth and the Protectorate?
Oliver Cromwell
Who succeeded his father (Oliver Cromwell) as Lord Protector but quickly fell from power?
Richard Cromwell
Who became king of England when the restoration of the monarchy took place in 1662?
Charles II
Who became the new king of England and head of the Church of England after Charles II death? He tried unsuccessfully to re-impose Romanism on England.
James II
Who became the new king and queen of England after the “Glorious Revolution”?
William III and Mary II
Who was the last Stuart monarch of England?
Queen Anne
Who was the German Lutheran pastor that started the Pietist movement?
Philipp Spener
What young professor at the University of Leipzig was profoundly affected by the Pietist movement and remembered for his leadership in education?
August Francke
What is the name given to those who attended home Bible studies (assemblies of piety)?
Pietists
What were the German Baptists called?
Brethren
What was the group that was originally founded by John Huss and later revived by Pietism?
Moravians
What young German nobleman was one of the chief leaders of the Moravians and was trained at the Pietist University?
Count Nicholas von Zinzendorf
Which English preacher became the best-known evangelist of the Great Awakening?
George Whitefield
Which preacher of the great English revival was the founder of the Methodist church?
John Wesley
Who is one of the most influential philosophers of the Age of Reason and known for empericism?
John Locke
Who was a philosopher that promoted the philosophy of skepticism?
David Hume
Who wrote over 6,500 hymns?
Charles Wesley
What slave trader was saved and became a preacher?
John Newton
Who was one of the greatest Christian statesmen of English history, wrote a book reminding upper classes that they had a greater duty to society, and fought to abolish slavery?
William Wilberforce
Who was the “Father of the Sunday School Movement”?
Robert Raikes
Who revised the prison system in England?
John Howard
Who was the “Father of Modern Missions”
and a missionary to India?
William Carey
Who was the “Father of American Missions” and a missionary to Burma?
Adoniram Judson
Who was the greatest literary figure of the 18th century?
Samuel Johnson
Who was the greatest British navigator and explorer of the 18th century and was the first to cross the Antarctic Circle?
Captain James Cook
Who was the first Hanoverian king of England?
George I
Who was the first true prime minister of England?
Sir Robert Walpole
Who was the second Hanoverian king?
George II
Who was the king of England during the American War for Independance?
George III
Who was the prime minister of England and helped the British win the French and Indian War?
William Pitt the Elder
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
