Chapter 5- Preparation For Independence Flashcards
What to events helped prepare the American colonies for independence?
The great awakening and the French and Indian war
By the 18 century what had many churches failed to do?
Preach the gospel
What agreement allowed un converted descendants of church members to obtain church membership?
The halfway covenant
In Britain what was another name for the evangelical revival?
The Methodist Revival
What two men are credited with the Methodist revival?
John and Charles Wesley
What name was given to revivals in America
The great awakening
What two preachers played in the specially important role in the great awakening
Jonathan Edwards and George Whitfield
Who preach the sermon sinners in the hands of an angry God?
Jonathan Edwards
What other great distinction does Jonathan Edwards hold
One of America’s best theologians and one of the best thinkers this country has ever produced
Who had the greatest influence on America during the great awakening?
George Whitfield
How many people could George Whitfield reach affectively at one time?
Over 20,000
Who is remembered as the most powerful voice of the great awakening
George Whitfield
Name one of the four results of the great awakening?
- Thousands of sinners were converted and countless believers were revived
- A new missionary spirit was kindled
- New colleges were founded
- The peoples hearts were prepared for religious and political freedom
After the revival Who did the colonists turn to for hymns
Isaac Watts
Who was the best known missionary to the Indians
David Brainerd
Name the four colleges that grew directly out of the revivals
Princeton, brown, Rutgers, and dartmouth
Which university had a part of their charter the following phrase, “cursed all learning that does not point to the cross of Christ.“
Princeton
What college was started as a school to train Indians
Dart mouth
In what two ways did the great awakening strengthen religious freedom?
By teaching that Christ needs to be received by the individual and that government should stay out of church
Who was the first black woman poet in America ?
Phyllis Wheatley
The English and the French clashed in what river valley?
In the Ohio River Valley
The conflict between the French and the English stemmed from what three problems?
Territorial, fur trade, fishing rights
What for wars were fought between 1689 and 1763?
King William‘s war, Queen Annes war, King George’s war, and the French and Indian war
The French and Indian war is also known as what war?
The seven years war
At the beginning of the French and Indian war George Washington was in charge of what militia unit?
The Virginia ranger
What was the name of the French fort built on the Fork of Mont Aquila and the and the Allegheny River’s
Fort Duquesne
Why is the French and Indian war important?
Because it would determine who would govern America
What British general was sent to fight the French
Edward Braddock
The French and Indian war ended in what year?
1763
What treaty ended the war?
Peace of Paris
True or false: Britain had an agricultural system that was the envy of the colonies?
False
In 1763 who is appointed as the new prime minister of Britain to back up George the third?
George Grenville
What degree by Grenville sought to control settlement on the Western front tier and cancel all previous land grants?
The proclamation of 1763
What act acquired all colonist to obtain a seal or stamp on all legal documents pamphlets and newspapers?
The stamp act
What act required all colonists to provide lodging and supplies to the British troops?
Quartering act
What to Men stood for the colonies in parliament
William Pitt the elder and Edmund Burke
Even though parliament repealed the stamp act what act did they pass the same day that they had the ability to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever
The declaratory act
