Chapter 2 Flashcards
Why did the Pilgrims come to America? What motivated them?
They didn’t want to be persecuted, opposed worldliness, and had a desire for religious freedom.
What legacy did the Pilgrims leave future generations of America?
Freedom of worship and self government
What important governmental principle is embodied in the Mayflower Compact? in the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
Mayflower Compact - social contract
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut - liberty and order
What was the original purpose of education in America, according to the Act of 1642 and the Act of 1647?
Ensure children could read and understand Scripture and comprehend it, and the laws of the country.
Why was Harvard founded? Why was Yale founded?
Harvard was founded to train students to know God and Jesus Christ.
Yale was founded to provide an orthodox alternative to Harvard.
List 4 benefits the Great Awakening had on American society.
- Increase in church membership
- Increased missionary activity
- Founding of colleges, higher education
- Brought unity to different religious and ethnic groups
Why was Dartmouth found?
To train Indians and become missionaries to their people.
Why were the colonists outraged by the Quebec Act?
The colonists believed the act gave privileged status to Roman Catholicism and that it would spread.
What did the American Revolution owe to the Christians Peter Muhlenberg and John Witherspoon?
Muhlenberg served in the continental army
Witherspoon was the only minister that signed the Declaration of Independence.
What important framer of the Constitution developed many of his biblical convictions from John Witherspoon, his teacher at Princeton?
James Madison
What religious movement in Europe rekindled man’s desire for personal liberty?
Protestant Reformation
What religious tradition is closely associated with freedom of conscience and was influential in the colonists’ decision to break away from Great Britain?
Moral Dissent
How did the preaching of the gospel and the widespread teaching of the Bible benefit America during its early stages?
Colleges were being founded, churches were growing, transformed lives, and influenced society with Biblical principles.
Did this country begin as a “Christian nation”? Defend your answer.
No, true believers have rarely been a majority in society or leadership, but Christian principles did have a profound influence on the founders.
How is American government indebted to the following documents and concepts: Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the unifying of influence of the gospel, the depravity of mankind, and the tradition of dissent?
Mayflower Compact - promoted the social contract
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut - first written constitution in America
Unifying of influence of the gospel - unified colonial American common heritage
Depravity of mankind - checks and balances of the Constitution
Tradition of dissent - personal liberty and freedom of conscience
What place did the Bible have in the education of early America?
The ability to read the Bible was a major goal of primary education and colleges were to educate the ways of the Bible.
What were the long-term benefits of the Great Awakening?
Increase sizes of churches
Greater interest in missions
Rejuvenated higher education
Spread unity among the colonists
What are some specific examples of the influence of Christians in the course of the American Revolution?
Muhlenberg and Witherspoon serving in the continental congress
Pastors opposed the Quebec Act
Why did Christians in America think that rebellion against their mother country was proper and acceptable?
British acts undermine the rightful authority of colonial government. Christians believe that the loss of political liberty would lead to loss of religious liberty.
In what qualified sense if the United States Constitution a “Christian” document
The framers such as James Madison were shaped by society that honored the Bible. The Constitution would base on Biblical truth.
In early America, where did they normally establish their settlements?
Water
What was the last thing they established?
Schools
What year did the Pilgrims come to America.
1620
What nationality was Martin Luther?
German
What were the results of the Intolerable Acts
People had to quarter the British soldiers,
Close the Boston harbor,
Nullify the Massachusetts charter.
What form of church did the Puritan churches follow?
Congregational
Who was the first governor of New England?
John Winthrop
Who was the young missionary whose diary inspired many people to dedicate their lives to Christianity?
David Brainerd
Only who could vote in early Massachusetts?
Church members
What greatly influenced the development of the United States government?
Great Awakening
