Chapter 17
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43 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Who were the Puritans? | They wanted to purify the church of England. |
| Who was William Bradford? | The Father of American History |
| Where did the Pilgrims first land in Holland? | Leyden |
| What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed on? | Mayflower |
| Who were the strangers? | Passengers on the Mayflower who were non_Separatists. |
| What was the Mayflower Compact? | Document the Pilgrims signed to ensure law and order was established in Plymouth. |
| Who was John Carver? | The first governor of the Pilgrims. |
| What was the name of the place where the Pilgrims first landed in the New World? | Plymouth |
| What date did the Pilgrims land in Plymouth? | December 21, 1620. |
| Who was Philipp Spener? | A German pastor who started a group known as the Pietists. |
| Who started the Methodist Church? | John Wesley |
| Who was George Whitefield? | An important preacher in the English revivals who became known as the best known man in America during the Great Awakening. |
| Who was William Wilberforce? | Led the movement in England to abolish slavery. |
| Who was Robert Raikes? | Started the first Sunday school for poor children. |
| Who were some of the best know English missionaries? | David Livingstone, J.Hudson Taylor, Robert Moffat. |
| Who was Jonathan Edwards? | A English revival preacher who preached a sermon titled "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." |
| What is mercantilism? | An economic theory which measured a nation's wealth by the amount of gold and silver it had. |
| Who was Robert Walpole? | The first true prime minister of England. |
| Who was George III? | The king who was ruling England when America was fighting for her independence. |
| What was the French and Indian War? | The name of the Seven Years' War in America. |
| Who formed the Committees of Correspondence? | Samuel Adams. |
| What was the Boston Tea Party? | A group of Americans patriots dressed as Indians dumped 340 chests of tea into the Boston harbor. |
| What were the Intolerable Acts? | Laws enacted to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. |
| Who was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army? | George Washington. |
| When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? | July 4.1776. |
| What ended America's war of independence? | The Treaty of Paris. |
| How did the Articles of Confederation affect the new country? | They left the nation weak and divided. |
| Who was the first President of the United States? | George Washington. |
| From which country did the United States purchase Louisiana? | France |
| Who did the United States fight a war against in 1812? | Great Britian. |
| What part of Texas was added to the United states as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? | Rio Grande 9southern boundary of Texas) |
| Who was the President during the Civil War? | Abraham Lincoln. |
| Which ship was bombed and started the Spanish-American War? | U.S.S. Maine. |
| Which amendment abolished slavery? | 13th Amendment |
| Who was Alexis de Tocqueville? | French political philosopher who wrote the book "Democracy in America" |
| What did Tocqueville think about religion in America? | He thought that much of America's success was due to religion. |
| Who was Noah Webster? | One of the greatest educators in the nation who published "History of the United States. |
| Who was Frances Asbury? | A horse-back circuit riding preacher. |
| Who was Charles G. Finney? | The man most responsible for the nationwide revival that became known as the Second Great Awakening. |
| Who was D.L. Moody? | A great American revivalist of the 19th century. |
| Where was the great center of American missions activity? | Hawaiin Islands. |
| Who was Adoniram Judson? | One of the foreign missionaries to be sent out from the United States. Father of American Missions. |
| Who was Lott Carey? | Father of West African Missions |
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