test 2 Flashcards
Which colonies had old-field schools and Anglican Churches?
Southern colonies
Which colonies had a mixture of town and country governments and where known as the bread colonies?
middle colonies
Which colonies where known for its Congregational churches and town governments?
New England
Which religious group where the first to compose classical music in America?
Moravians
What Covenant granted membership to unconverted descendants of church member?
Halfway Covenant
What two brothers helped in the organization of the Methodist denomination?
John and Charles Wesley
Social class in colonial America was based on what?
wealth/riches
Most colonies in colonial America had which, unicameral or bicameral legislatures?
bicameral
What is a proprietary colony?
Granted by king to individual owners.
Who was the chief executive officer of the colony?
governor
What publication of Benjamin Franklin shared bits of wisdom?
Poor Richard’s Almanac
In Europe, the French and Indian War came known as what?
Seven Years’ War
What, school did Benjamin Franklin found?
Philadelphia Academy
City in Pennsylvania founded by Count von Zinzendorf and the Moravians?
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (PA)
Group that had the greatest number of settlers in the American colonies?
English
What book played the most important part in shaping the American character?
The Bible
What was the largest city in colonial America?
Philadelphia
What year did the French and Indian War end?
1763
What university was founded to train Indians as missionaries to their own people?
Dartmouth
What was the primary purpose of colonial government?
to protect the people and their property.
What did the colonists consider the purpose of education?
to be sure children would know how to read and write so that they could read the Bible.
What was the most widely used textbook in colonial America?
New England Primer
What term refers to the idea that the colonies existed solely for the good of their mother country?
Mercantilism
What was the Great Awakening called in England?
Methodist Revival
What was the paddle-shaped board with a printed sheet that was used by children to learn to read?
Hornbook
What treaty ended the French and Indian War?
Peace of Paris
Who was the first black woman poet in America?
Phillis Wheatly
Who preached the most famous sermon “ Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”?
Jonathan Edwards
Who led the Virginia Rangers in the first battle of the French and Indian War?
George Washington
What natural pass through the Appalachians Mountains allowed settlers to move west?
Cumberland Gap
Who was the most powerful voice of the Great Awakening?
George Whitefield
Who was the best-known missionary to the Indians?
David Brainerd
Who was a general of the British Army?
Edward Braddack
Who conducted singing schools?
William Billings
Who was a colonial silversmith?
Paul Revere
Who helped introduce the smallpox vaccine?
Cotton Mather
What proclamation said the colonies were subordinate to England?
Declatoroty Act
What act taxed all legal documents?
Stamp Act
What act made all previous land grants null and void?
Proclamation Act of 1763
What Act made it legal to force colonist to supply housing for british soldiers?
Quatering Act
Who were members of the parliament that supported the colonist?
William Pitt the Elder
Who was the English prime minister who did not support the colonists
George grenville
