Important Terms
A person who has finished an apprenticeship and is now accomplished in trade but is working to become a master in that trade.
journeyman
the first representative government in America
House of Burgesses
the person who opened the first public library in America
Benjamin Franklin
the social class that worked as tradesmen, farmers, shopkeepers, and ship captains, owned some land and had a few servants or slaves
middle class
a building in colonial times used for town meetings and religious services
meetinghouse
responsibilities of the Justice of the Peace
settle problems, hold trials, collect taxes
The pastor who led more than three hundred people to Christ during the Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards
the effects of the Great Awakening (3)
greater emphasis on evangelism, new colleges, greater awareness of freedom
the belief that the government should not meddle in church matters
separation of church and state
had the permission from the king to choose its own government
proprietary colony
The evangelist who preached with a powerful voice in the colonies during the Great Awakening
George Whitefield
a belief contrary to Scripture
heresy
a government where the people elect their lawmakers
a representative government
started a colony where people of any religion could be free to worship as the chose
William Penn
a short paper on a single subject
pamphlet
colonies the king of England had direct control over
royal colonies