Section 4.1- A Land of Variety
Which book played the most important part in shaping the American character?
The Bible
In what set of colonies were the congregational churches located?
New England colonies
What was the natural path through the Appalachian Mountains that allowed the settlers to move west
Cumberland Gap
In Europe, the French and Indian War became known as
Seven years war
What act made all previous land grants null and void
Proclamation of 1763
Largest city in colonial America
Philadelphia
What group of people wrote the first classical music composed in America?
Moravians
Who helped introduce the smallpox vaccine
Cotton Mather
Who preached the most famous sermon "sinners in the hands of n angry god"
Jonathan Edwards
First black women poet in America
Phillis Wheatly
Which set of colonies were known as the bread colonies?
Southern Colonies
In what set of colonies were the Anglican churches located?
The Southern colonies
What determined your social class in Colonial America
Wealth
What was the Great Awakening called in England
Methodist Revival
Who was the most powerful voice of the Great awakening?
George Whitefield
What group of people has the greatest number of settlers in the American colonies?
The English
What term refers to the idea that the colonies existed solely for the good of their mother country?
mercantilism
What school was founded by Benjamin Franklin?
Philadelphia Academy
Who was the member of parliament who supported the colonists
William Pitt the Elder
What treaty ended the French and Indian War
Peace of Paris
What city in Pennsylvania was founded by Count Von Zinzendorf and the Moravians?
Bethlehem
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What type of school was mostly located in the Southern colonies?
Old-field schools
Which act taxed legal documents
Stamp Act
Who was the general if the British army?
Edward Braddock