England Colonies
Which two colonies argued over the boarder and hired mason and dixon to help draw a line?
Pennsylvania and Maryland
What were the main reasons for French settlement?
Fur
Who were people who agreed to work without pay for a certain length of time to pay for their passage to america?
Indentured Servants.
What event did the Great Awakening Impact?
The American revolution
Who created the scientific method?
Francis Bacon
Which colony smuggled goods and preformed illegal trade to avoid the navigation acts?
New england colonies
What company ran its trade between the Americas and Africa in New netherlands?
Dutch West india company
Who refused to fight in wars?
Pacifists
I covered 5000 miles in America and preached more than 350 times.
George Whitefield
Which philosopher believed people should pay more attention to feelings instead of reasoning?
Jean Jacques Rouseuu
What was subsistence farming in the new england colonies?
When the someone does the bare minimum to feed their family with no money left for trade
When was the first new French settlement founded?
1608
Who were patroons?
People who could bring 50 settlers to work the land and were gifted land by the Dutch West India company
What was the major difference between the new light and old light?
Preachers and followers who adopted the new ideas brought forth by the Great Awakening became known as “new lights.” Those who embraced the old-fashioned, traditional church ways were called “old lights.”
Who wrote a 28 volume encyclopedia to spread enlightenment ideas?
Denis Diderot
Why was Georgia founded?
George II wanted to build a colony so debtors and poor people could make a fresh start
These English colonies used to be from the dutch.
New York , New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
A land grant of 50 acres given by the Virginia Company
headrights
What were the Main themes of the Great Awakening
All people are born sinners, Sin without salvation will send a person to hell, All people can be saved if they confess their sins to God, seek forgiveness and accept God’s grace, people are equal
Who believed in the separation of power and published the spirit of laws?
Montesquieu
How did southern colonies get education?
Who founded the first french settlement?
samual de champlain
What were the laws made by puritans about sunday called?
Who gave the infamous speech “sinners in the hands of an Angry God” in 1741?
Jonathon Edwards
Which philosopher wrote about government and theology, especially about natural law?
Thomas Aquinas