Unit 2 History Flashcards
Jonathan Edwards
"Sinners in the hands of an angry god" Went to Yale when he was 13 Becam a pastor and had 11 children Referred to as" The Greatest theologen" of the great awakening Famous sermon "Sinners in the hands of an angry God" Idea at the time of talking in monotone Idea comes from God not pastor Dies in 1758 from small pox
Solomon Stoddard
1699-1729
Half way covenant
Said if your parents are Christians then so are you
No spiritual relationship with god
Said you need a spiritual conversion to be a Christian
Dies before the great awakening starts
George Whitefield
Greatest evangelist of the great awakening
In 30 years he walked across American colonies preaching
Didn’t talk in monotone
Had a booming voice
Could talk to 10,000 people at a time
7 preaching tours across the world. Walked whole way.
Reverend William Tennent
Idea to build collages just for religious teaching
Samuel de Champlain
nickname "The Father of New France" Created several new settlement He befriended the Huron Indians becausen they were willing to trade with them freely- Mainly traded guns and alcohol English wouldn't trade guns to English
Robert De la Salle
Explored Mississippi River And what is now modern Louisiana Colonized near missippi river Was Murderd in Texas Ohio Valely - area of conflict between French and English
Ohio Valely
area of conflict between French and English
French settle there first
English claim it’s theirs
English appoint a general to fight the French and they give him a militia
Fort duquesne
George Washington takes his militia into Ohio valley and he realizes that they’ve built the fort is called fort Duquesne (doo-Kane)