Ap Us History The American Pageant Vocab Unit 2

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Chapter 5:

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(Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution)

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Great Awakening

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A time of religious fervor during the 1730s and 1740s. The movement arose in response to the
Enlightenment's increased religious skepticism. Protestant ministers held revivals throughout (he
English colonies in America. stressing the need for individuals to repent and urging a personal understanding of truth instead of an institutionalized one. The Great Awakening precipitated a split within American Protestantism.

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Jonathan Edwards

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was a preacher, theologian, and missionary to Native Americans.Edwards played a critical role in shaping the First Great Awakening, and wrote the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,"

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New Lights

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are people who change and follow when a new denomination or split in the church occurs

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Benjamin Franklin/Poor Richard’s Almanack

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Inventor, patriot, and statesman. Franklin served as an ambassador to France during the Revolutionary War, playing a key role in getting France to recognize the United States’ independence. As the oldest delegate to the Constitutional Convention, the other delegates admired his wisdom, and his advice proved crucial in the drafting of the Constitution. Franklin has often been held up as the paradigm of Enlightenment thought in Colonial America because of his fascination with—and contributions to—the fields of science and philosophy.

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John Peter Zenger /Zenger Trial/Impact

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American printer, publisher, editor, and journalist in New York City. He wrote a newspaper that contained true facts about the Governer and got put to trial for it. Was pleaded unguilty and this was the start of jury nullification

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Chapter 5:

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(Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution)

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Great Awakening

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A time of religious fervor during the 1730s and 1740s. The movement arose in response to the
Enlightenment's increased religious skepticism. Protestant ministers held revivals throughout (he
English colonies in America. stressing the need for individuals to repent and urging a personal understanding of truth instead of an institutionalized one. The Great Awakening precipitated a split within American Protestantism.

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Jonathan Edwards

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was a preacher, theologian, and missionary to Native Americans.Edwards played a critical role in shaping the First Great Awakening, and wrote the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,"

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New Lights

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are people who change and follow when a new denomination or split in the church occurs

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Benjamin Franklin/Poor Richard’s Almanack

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Inventor, patriot, and statesman. Franklin served as an ambassador to France during the Revolutionary War, playing a key role in getting France to recognize the United States’ independence. As the oldest delegate to the Constitutional Convention, the other delegates admired his wisdom, and his advice proved crucial in the drafting of the Constitution. Franklin has often been held up as the paradigm of Enlightenment thought in Colonial America because of his fascination with—and contributions to—the fields of science and philosophy.

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John Peter Zenger /Zenger Trial/Impact

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American printer, publisher, editor, and journalist in New York City. He wrote a newspaper that contained true facts about the Governer and got put to trial for it. Was pleaded unguilty and this was the start of jury nullification