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29 Cards in this Set
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Half-way Covenant
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an agreement to grant membership to uncoverted descendants of church members
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Methodist Revival
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what the Great Awakening was known as in England
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John and Charles Wesley
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organized the Methodist denomination during the Great Awakening
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Great Awakening
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the great revival which spread across America during the 1700s
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Jonathan Edwards
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a New England preacher who played an important role in the Great Awakening; colonial America's foremost theologian and on of the greatest intellects
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1741
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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Gods"
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a sermon which Jonathan Edwards gave in 1741 which became the most famous sermon in American history
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George Whitefield
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an English evangelist who had the greatest impact on America during the Great Awakening; could effectively reach crowds of up to 20,000 people
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1738
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Whitfield made the first of seven trips to America
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David Brainerd
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the best-known missionary to the Indians
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Princeton, Brown, Rutgers, and Dartmouth
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the four colleges which grew directly out of the Great Awakening
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Phillis Wheatley
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the first black woman poet in America
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Ohio Valley
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today the states of Ohio, West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania
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Governor Dinwiddie
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the governor of Virginia who sent George Washington to lead the Virginia Rangers
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George Washington
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led the Virginia Rangers
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Virginia Rangers
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a local milita unit of young men who preserved law and order in the countryside and defended frontier posts from possible Indian attacks
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Fort Duquesne
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the fort which was captured by the French before the Americans could finnish building it
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French and Indian War
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the war that would decide the future of North America by establishing once and for all the supremacy of English tradition and liberty
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General Edward Braddock
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the general which led the British army during the French and Indian War
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William Pitt the Elder
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the English Prime Minister who believed that the colonies should have direct representation in Parliment
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Seven Year's War
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what the French and Indian War was called in Europe
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George III
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came to the throne during the French and Indian War; taxed the colonists and violated English liberties
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George Grenville
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the new prime minister who passed the Proclamation of 1763
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Proclamation of 1763
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canceled all previous land grants given to the colonies by past kings and Parliments
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Stamp Act
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required colonists to buy stamps from the government agents for all legal documents; anyone who dissobeyed could be tried without a jury
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Quartering Act
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required colonists to furnish British troops with certain supplies and living quarters
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Stamp Act Congress
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petitioned directly to the king, asking him to to defend the rights of the colonists, to restore their royal charters, and to restore their land grants
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Edmund Burke
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a young Irishman who was one of Britain's greatest statesmen and political thinkers; defended the colonies
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Declaratory Act
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declared that the colonies were "subordinate" to England and Parliment had the power to pass laws to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever
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