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Chapter 5- Preparation For Independence Flashcards

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What to events helped prepare the American colonies for independence?

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The great awakening and the French and Indian war

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By the 18 century what had many churches failed to do?

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Preach the gospel

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What agreement allowed un converted descendants of church members to obtain church membership?

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The halfway covenant

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In Britain what was another name for the evangelical revival?

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The Methodist Revival

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What two men are credited with the Methodist revival?

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John and Charles Wesley

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What name was given to revivals in America

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The great awakening

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What two preachers played in the specially important role in the great awakening

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Jonathan Edwards and George Whitfield

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Who preach the sermon sinners in the hands of an angry God?

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Jonathan Edwards

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9
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What other great distinction does Jonathan Edwards hold

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One of America’s best theologians and one of the best thinkers this country has ever produced

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Who had the greatest influence on America during the great awakening?

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George Whitfield

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How many people could George Whitfield reach affectively at one time?

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Over 20,000

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12
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Who is remembered as the most powerful voice of the great awakening

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George Whitfield

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Name one of the four results of the great awakening?

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  1. Thousands of sinners were converted and countless believers were revived
  2. A new missionary spirit was kindled
  3. New colleges were founded
  4. The peoples hearts were prepared for religious and political freedom
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After the revival Who did the colonists turn to for hymns

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Isaac Watts

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Who was the best known missionary to the Indians

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David Brainerd

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Name the four colleges that grew directly out of the revivals

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Princeton, brown, Rutgers, and dartmouth

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Which university had a part of their charter the following phrase, “cursed all learning that does not point to the cross of Christ.“

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Princeton

18
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What college was started as a school to train Indians

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Dart mouth

19
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In what two ways did the great awakening strengthen religious freedom?

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By teaching that Christ needs to be received by the individual and that government should stay out of church

20
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Who was the first black woman poet in America ?

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Phyllis Wheatley

21
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The English and the French clashed in what river valley?

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In the Ohio River Valley

22
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The conflict between the French and the English stemmed from what three problems?

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Territorial, fur trade, fishing rights

23
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What for wars were fought between 1689 and 1763?

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King William‘s war, Queen Annes war, King George’s war, and the French and Indian war

24
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The French and Indian war is also known as what war?

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The seven years war

25
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At the beginning of the French and Indian war George Washington was in charge of what militia unit?

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The Virginia ranger

26
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What was the name of the French fort built on the Fork of Mont Aquila and the and the Allegheny River’s

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Fort Duquesne

27
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Why is the French and Indian war important?

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Because it would determine who would govern America

28
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What British general was sent to fight the French

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Edward Braddock

29
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The French and Indian war ended in what year?

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1763

30
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What treaty ended the war?

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Peace of Paris

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True or false: Britain had an agricultural system that was the envy of the colonies?

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False

32
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In 1763 who is appointed as the new prime minister of Britain to back up George the third?

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George Grenville

33
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What degree by Grenville sought to control settlement on the Western front tier and cancel all previous land grants?

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The proclamation of 1763

34
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What act acquired all colonist to obtain a seal or stamp on all legal documents pamphlets and newspapers?

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The stamp act

35
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What act required all colonists to provide lodging and supplies to the British troops?

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Quartering act

36
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What to Men stood for the colonies in parliament

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William Pitt the elder and Edmund Burke

37
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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

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The declaratory act

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