Great Awakening VS Enlightement
Ben Franklin was a leader of the _____________
Enlightement
This famous founding father proposed the "Albany Plan" in 1754 to create a unified colonial government.
Benjamin Franklin
This Virginia governor drew the ire of frontier settlers when he refused to support them in conflicts against Native Americans.
Governor Berkeley
This natural resource was harvested heavily in the colonies and served as the fuel that drove the global economy.
Timber
This 18th-century intellectual movement taught that the world is governed by fixed mathematical principles and reason, popularized by thinkers like Benjamin Franklin.
Enlightenment
Who was the leader of The Great Awakening?
Jonathon Edwards
This global conflict, fought across five continents, was the larger war that the French and Indian War was a part of.
Seven Years' War
Nathaniel Bacon's diverse group of followers included poor farmers, free men, slaves, and these individuals bound by labor contracts.
Indentured servants
This free African-American man became the first person to die for the revolutionary cause during the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
This policy of England mostly ignoring the American colonies allowed them to practice early self-government until the French and Indian War shifted British focus.
Salutary Neglect
The world is governed by _______________
Fixed Mathematical Principles
The election of this confident leader in England turned the tide of the war, sparking a British winning streak.
William Pitt
Historically significant as a struggle of the common man versus aristocrats, the rebellion pitted the poorer frontier region against this wealthy, eastern coastal region.
Tidewater
To spread news of the "Bloody Massacre" across the colonies, Paul Revere relied on a network of these fast-traveling postal couriers.
Night Riders
This key figure of the Great Awakening preached that regular church attendance was not enough for salvation, sparking a renewed focus on individual faith.
Jonathan Edwards
What was not enough for Salvation?
Church Attendence
The war in the Americas was primarily fought for control of this strategic river valley, valued for its fertile land and shipping access.
Ohio River Valley
A major result of the rebellion was that upper-class planters began searching for less rebellious laborers, turning heavily toward this group.
Black slaves
In response to colonists dumping tea into the harbor, the British government took this devastating economic action against the city of Boston.
Closing Boston Harbor
Home to wealthy elites and large plantations, this coastal eastern region of Virginia was the primary target of Nathaniel Bacon's frontier rebellion.
Tidewater region
Truth is found through ________ & ________
Experimentation & Reason
George Washington hastily built and later surrendered this aptly named fort after a fierce attack by French forces.
Fort Necessity
This 1676 uprising is frequently compared to this major war that occurred exactly 100 years later.
American Revolution
On April 19, 1775, the British marched 20 miles to Concord with a dual mission: to seize weapons and to arrest these individuals.
Rebel Leaders
Taking place on April 19, 1775, this historic clash marked the very first military battle between the colonial rebels and the British army.
The Battle of Lexington and Concord