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Most early colleges in the colonies were established to train
ministers
The first college in America was
Harvard
Schools taught by widows or single women in their homes were called _______________ schools
Dame
Some villages in New England organized ___________ schools to manage to children's education and teach Greek, Latin, math, and rhetoric
grammar
A ______________ was a board that looked like a paddle and was covered with a printed sheet.
hornbook
Young people learned a trade though the ____________ system
apprenticeship
The religious revival of the colonial era was the _______________
Great Awakening
The philosophy that the Bible had to be tested by human reason
deism
The philosophy that denied the doctrine of the Trinity and said Jesus was not divine
Unitarianism
Individuals who had gained passage to America in return for several years of labor upon arrival in the colonies were
indentured servants
The First Africans arrived in Jamestown in the year
1619
Puritans who felt Harvard had drifted from its strong religious teachings founded __________
Yale
The College of ______ was the first college in the southern colonies
William and Mary
Trained young men for ministry in Log College
William Tennent
Traveled to America seven times, preaching thousands of sermons and establishing an orphanage in Georgia
George Whitefield
Led the Great Awakening in the South
Samuel Davies
Preached the sermon "Sinner in the Hands of an Angry God"
Jonathan Edwards
During the _______ Witch Trials, over 150 people were accused of witchcraft
Salem
Which colonial region placed the greatest emphasis on education?
New England
Which social class was also known as the aristocrats?
Upper-Class
Which colony passed a law in 1642 requiring parents to teach their children to read?
Massachusetts
The Old Deluder Satan Act required towns to build ____.
schools
An apprenticeship was a system used to teach ____.
trades
What was the hornbook used for?
Teaching children to read
Which social class formed the core of colonial society?
Middle class