FIWGA Flashcards
Where does it begin?
New England and Western mass
List three new ideas of the great awakening
One. Focus on personal relationship with God
Two. God doesn’t hate you he’s just angry at you
Three. You can reach heaven by reviving salvation from Jesus Christ
These are ideas are different from the Puritans because…
Puritans believed you can only get to heaven by doing good
God created the world but didn’t communicate with the people
List two new religious denominations found in the colonies
Baptist and Methodist
Who was Jonathan Edwards?
A preacher from Western mass
he was also considered the founder of the great awakening
What is the name of Jonathan Edwards famous work?
Sinners in the hands of an angry God
Who was George Whitefield?
A British orator became the biggest celebrity of the great awakening
Why was George Whitefield called and itinerant preacher?
He was the first known traveling preacher
Why were public schools not common in the colonies?
Children were needed on farms and larger towns had grammar schools to teach reading
What was the only purpose of schools?
Reading
Why did girls not attend school?
In the future girls weren’t going to have a job that required reading
Why did people in the colonial era attend college?
To become a lawyer or minister
Who could attend college?
The very wealthy only
What are the names of the only three colleges that existed prior to the great awakening?
Harvard Yale William and Mary
What are the names of the five new colleges founded during the great awakening?
Columbia Princeton brown Rutgers Dartmouth
What was the important ideas that came from the great awakening that influence the colonies?
The idea to challenge authority
church changed to suit better peoples
These ideas would be important when the colonies seek independence from Britain