Roger Williams and Religious Liberty in North America
From which colony was Roger Williams banished for his views on religious liberty?
Massachusetts (or Massachusetts Bay Colony)
In what year did the Salem Witch Trials take place?
1692
Which scientist formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation in his book Principia?
Isaac Newton
If Mr. O'Brien wakes up to a breakfast of buckwheat pancakes, he calls it a "_____ _____".
Great Awakening.
Who was the commander of the Continental Army?
George Washington
What colony did Roger Williams found based on the principle of religious freedom?
Rhode Island (or Providence)
Besides confessing, what was the other way an accused witch could save their own life during the trials?
Accuse others of being witches.
What is "The Enlightenment?"
The period emphasizing scientific reasoning rather than religious faith, which lasts throughout the 18th century.
Who delivered the famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?
Jonathan Edwards
Which document, issued on July 4, 1776, declared the colonies free from British rule?
The Declaration of Independence
Roger Williams believed that the state (government) should be separate from what institution?
The church
Which play by Arthur Miller uses the Salem Witch Trials as an allegory for McCarthyism?
The Crucible
True or False: According to Science, Mr. O'Brien is secretly a lizard creature from outer space.
False!
Which English preacher was known for his theatrical style and preaching outdoors to large crowds across the colonies?
George Whitefield
At which battle did the British surrender on October 19, 1781, effectively ending the war?
The Battle (or Siege) of Yorktown
Which religious group did Williams disagree with, who sometimes walked around naked as a religious expression?
The Quakers
What is the name of the protagonist in Nathaniel Hawthorne's story set in Puritan Salem who loses his faith in his community?
Young Goodman Brown
Which scientist is famous for dropping objects to prove they fall at the same speed, disproving Aristotle?
Galileo Galilei
John Wesley founded which religious movement that emphasized methodical religious practice?
Methodism
Which French aristocrat became a major general in the Continental Army and a close friend of Washington?
The Marquis de Lafayette
Williams argued that the Crown had no right to take land without compensating which group of people?
Native Americans
The witch trials occurred in a colony dominated by which religious group?
The Puritans
Which scientist published De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium in 1543, proposing the sun was the center of the universe?
Nicolaus Copernicus
5. In his famous sermon, Edwards compared sinners held over the pit of hell by God to what creature?
A spider (or loathsome insect).
Who was the South Carolinian soldier who tried to recruit a regiment of slaves to fight for their freedom?
John Laurens