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Who was Phillis Wheatley 

what is the first black woman poet in America

100

Dartmouth

What is a college founded after the Great Awakening to prepare young men for the ministry

100

Stamp Act

What is the Parliament's tax which required the colonists to purchase a stamp (seal) for all legal documents

100

Great Awakening

The Great Awakening was a series of religious revivals in American history of John and Charles Wesley in England

100

In which colony was Braddock defeated

What is Pennysilvania

200

George Whitefield

What is the English evangelist who had the greatest influence on America during the Great Awakening


200

Fort Duquesne (Fort Pitt)

What is the fort captured from the British and fortified by the French; located on the heights of the upper Ohio River Valley

200

"Sinners in the Hand of Angry God"

What is the most famous sermon in American history; preached by Jonathan Edwards in 1741

200

methodist revival

What is a period of intense spiritual awakening, conversion, and renewal within Methodism, starting with John Wesley's movement in 18th-century England

200

In what year did the British advance to Fort Dusquene

What is 1758

300

William Pitt the elder

 What is a English statesman who fought for the colonists in Parliament; instrumental in the repeal of the Stamp Act

300

Ohio river Valley

What is the Modern States of Ohio, West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania, where French and British colonists clashed over territory for fur trade with indigenous tribes and fishing rights

300

Stamp act congress

What is the meeting of the nine colonies in New York to address the growing control and taxation of Britain

300

French and Indian war

what is the war between the French with their Indian allies and the British with the colonial militia; called the Seven Years War in Europe

300

What city was near the battle at the Plains of Abraham

What is Quebec

400

John and Charles Wesley

What is English brothers who organized the Methodist denomination in England

400

Halfway Covenant

What is an agreement in the mid-1600s among New England churches to grant membership to unconverted descendants of church members

400

Treaty of paris

What is the treat that ended the French and Indian War; France surrendered most of its land in the New World

500

George Grenville

What is a prime minister who wanted to control the colonies; issued the Proclamation of 1763

500

Proclamation of 1763

What is Grenville's attempt to control the colonies by prohibiting colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains

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