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Two English brothers who organized the Methodist denomination in England.
Who is John and Charles Wesley?
An English evangelist who had the greatest impact on America during the Great Awakening; preached over 18,000 times to crowds of up to 20,000 people.
Who is George Whitefield?
The four colleges that grew directly out of the Revival.
What is Princeton, Brown, Rutgers, and Dartmouth?
Ended the French and Indian War; France surrendered most of its land in the New World.
What is the Peace of Paris?
A meeting of nine colonies in New York to address the growing control and taxation of Britain.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
The Congregational preacher of Massachusetts who helped spark the Great Awakening; preached "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." Known as America's foremost theologian.
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
A tall, young colonial officer in the Virginia Rangers who led the militia in the French and Indian War.
Who is George Washington?
Known as Fort Pitt before the French captured it at the beginning of the French and Indian War. Located on the heights of the upper Ohio River Valley.
What is Fort Duquesne (Fort Pitt)
The great revival of the American colonies in the early to mid-1700s.
What is the Great Awakening?
Required colonists, when necessary, to supply and lodge British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
The best-known missionary to the Indians.
Who is David Brainered?
The king of England who attempted to reduce Parliamentary power and bring the American colonies into subjection.
Who is George lll?
An agreement in the mid-1600s among New England churches to grant membership to unconverted descendants of church members.
What is Half-way Covenant?
1754-1763; the war between the French with their Indian allies and the British with the colonial militia; called the Seven Years' War in Europe; British victory.
What is the French and Indian War?
The declaration of Parliament reminding the colonists that they were subordinate to England.
What is the Declaratory Act?
The first black woman poet in America.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
The prime minister who wanted to control the colonies; issued the Proclamation of 1763.
Who is George Grenville?
The most famous sermon in American history; preached by Jonathan Edwards in 1741.
What is "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
The evangelical revival of John and Charles Wesley in England.
What is Methodist Revival?
Parliament's tax in which required the colonists to purchase a stamp (seal) for all legal documents
What is the Stamp Act?
A Scotsman sent to America to lead British troops against the French in the French and Indian War.
Who is General Edward Braddock?
An English statesman who fought for the colonists in Parliament; instrumental in the repeal of the Stamp Act.
Who is William Pitt the Elder?
Grenville's attempt to control the colonies by prohibiting colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains. Also, made all previous land grants null and void.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
An Irish statesman who fought for the colonies in Parliament.
Who is Edmund Burke?
A unit of colonial militia that preserved law and order in the countryside and defended frontier posts from Indian attack.
Who are the Virginia Rangers?