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MISC
100
Who is this?
Who is Jonathan Edwards
100
Name two of the most famous events in colonial American history.
What is The Pilgrims first Thanksgiving and Edwards's preaching of a sermon in 1741 titled "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
100
Puritans believed the basic doctrine of what.
What is the Reformation?
100
The French posed a serious threat to the 13 colonies for a variety of reasons. The first being their alliances with whom?
Who were the Indians?
100
Explain established denominations.
What is denominations that enjoyed state (government) support and protection.
Example - financial aid from taxes and exclusive rights enforced by the state.
200
Name this man and what he founded.
Who is George Fox and he founded the Quakers.
200
I attempted to reinstate Catholicism in England and burned some 300 Protestants at the stake.
Who is Queen Mary (ruled 1553-58)
200
True or false - The Puritans declined in religious fervor after the original generation of settlers died?
What is true?
200
Between 1689 and 1763 France and England were involved in 4 wars. King William's War, Queen Anne's War, and King George's War. In America the 4th conflict was call what?
What was the French and Indian War?
(In Europe it was known as the Seven Year's War)
200
Name this book.
What is the Bay Psalm Book?
300
Name this man and what he is know for.
Who is Samual Sewall and he presided over the Salem witch trials?
300
The reputation of Massachusetts suffered permanent damage because of this notable event in 1692.
What is the Salem Witch Trials?
300
Anglicans established what college.
What is the College of William and Mary?
300
The name of the fort hastily built by Washington that allowed the enemy to fire directly into it from heights.
What is Fort Necessity?
300
I performed an experiment to measure voice during an outdoor sermon.
Bonus 50 points- How many people did I estimate could hear the minister without any amplification?
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Bonus - 30,000
400
A powerful preacher, doors of England's churches were closed to him by ministers who did not share his passion. I would preach outside wherever I could gather a crowd.
Who is George Whitefield?
400
The number of people hung during the Salem Witch Trials.
Bonus 50 points- How the other person was killed.
What was 19?
Bonus - 1 man was pressed to death with heavy weights.
400
This religious group opposed participating in war, taking oaths or holding political office.
Who were the Quakers?
400
Finish this speech " Gentleman may cry, peace, peace-but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what coarse others may take.........."
What is " But as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!" - Patrick Henry
400
I altered my name, Apollos Rivoire, "merely on account that the bumpkins pronounce it easier. My son became the famous midnight rider and hero of the Revolutionary War.
Who is Paul Revere?
500
I pastored a Puritan church in New England and became concerned about the Algonquin Indians.
Who is John Eliot?
500
This conflict began with a small incident involving a 22 year old Virginia colonel named George Washington.
What was the French and Indian War?
500
Explain Catechism
What is a summary of a denominations doctrine using a question and answer format?
500
During the tensions of the Boston Massacre who fired the first shots that resulted in how many deaths?
Who was the British Soldiers and 5 colonists died?
500
What was the rallying cry of the colonist over the many acts (Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, Townshend Act).
What was "No taxation without representation"?
600
I was a close friend of Jonathon Edwards and briefly worked among the Indians. Journal, published after my death inspired other young men to enter mission work.
Who is David Brainerd?
600
I led the Sons of Liberty in Boston.
Who is Sam Adams?
600
First significant religious revival in American history.
What is the Great Awakening?
600
The name of the former slave killed in the first class between the colonists and British soldiers.
Who was Crispus Attacks?
600
I was a backwoods reverend who was captured by French and Indian warriors. Most of my family died but later I was rescued and returned to Boston. My account of the ordeal was called.....?
What was The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion by John Williams?
700
I gave a warning to King George III and while speaking to the Assembly the Speaker of the House of Burgesses cried " Treason !" I became the "Voice of the Revolution".
Who is Patrick Henry?
700
The first person killed during the Boston Massacre
Who was an 11 year old boy.
700
Name the 4 colleges established as a result of the Great Awakening.
Who were Princeton, Brown, Rutgers and Dartmouth?
700
I defended the 9 British soldiers placed on trial for murder during the Boston Massacre.
Who was John Adams?
700
The name of the brilliant Ottawa Indian chief who allied with other Indian tribes, enraged by the Treaty of Paris waged war against British soldiers and settlers from 1763 to 1766.
Who was Chief Pontiac?