Chapter 7 Flashcards
- Judith Sargent Murray
an early American advocate for women’s rights,
- University of Virginia
started by Thomas jefferson in 1819
- Benjamin Rush
a Founding Father of the United States. Rush was a civic leader in Philadelphia, as well as the treasurer of the US Mint
- Noah Webster
the creator of the first dictionary of the American English Language
- Washington Irving
an author famous for his book “The Legend of SLeepy Hollow”
- Mason Weems
author of a story about George Washington’s Life
- Deism
belief in the existence of a superior being, who will not interfere in the Universe
- Thomas Paine
a propagandist who was the creator of “Common Sense” as well as “The Age of Reason”
- Unitarian Church
God as one person, and Jesus Christ is his son, but is not a god
10.Second Great Awakening
a time where there was great desire to join a church, of any faith.
- Evangelicanism
a wide-reaching “canopy” that covers a diverse number of Protestant traditions, denominations, organizations
- Freethinkers
a person who rejects accepted opinions, especially those concerning religious beliefs
- Samuel Slater
known as the father of the Industrial Revolution in the United States
- Eli Whitney
creator of the Cotton Gin, as well as interchangeable parts by creating his gun company
- Robert Fulton
an inventor who is credited with creating the Steamboat
- turnpike
a type of an expressway that requires a fee in order for a person to pass through
- Thomas Jefferson
bought the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon Bonaparte for 15 million
- Barbary War
wars fought between the United States and the Barbary States
- Marbury v. Madison
Supreme Court case in which the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States