Religion
Members of the official church in every southern colony
Anglicans
He preached at Northampton, Massachusetts:
"Sinners in the hands of an angry God"
Jonathan Edwards
Who played the strongest role in the colonial family?
The father
What "book" did colonial children use to help them learn the alphabet and other simple lessons?
Hornbook
This colony was the most tolerant middle colony towards various religions
Pennsylvania
German settlers who followed early reformer John Huss - ministered to Native Americans and slaves.
Moravians
He wrote the "Blue-Backed speller" later known as the dictionary
Noah Webster
These colonies families sent their kids over the Europe to study even AFTER colleges in America were open - or they hired private tutors
Southern Colonies
What was the first institution of higher learning in the colonies
Harvard
What is the proper name for the "upper class"?
Aristocrats
German religious group that printed America's first German Bible.
The Dunkers
Started a college in a "log" cabin
William Tennent
This class did not own servants but they did have a comfortable home to live in...most were shopkeepers, clergymen and carpenters
Middle Class
What schools met in the houses of single or widowed women?
Dame Schools
What type of person would find someone to pay their passage to America and work for a couple years to eventually start a business
Indentured Servant
Group of people often given limited freedom by Protestant colonies.
Jewish people
He was a devoted missionary to the Native Americans
David Brainerd
This was the center for education, business activity, and acted as church and hospital...
The Home
Which school in colonial America would you learn Greek, Latin and Philosophy?
Grammar School
What movement in the 1700's exalted rational thinking and critical reasoning?
Enlightenment
Members of a religious group especially strong among some American intellectuals.
Unitarianism
Most influential figure in Virginia during the Great Awakening
Samuel Davies
Each Anglican church served an area with its own church and pastor called this... the pastors house would be paid for by the town.
Parish
What act provided for local education in Massachusetts
Old Deluder Satan Act
What was the denominational name of the Puritans
Congregationalists