Great Awakening and more religion
He spoke to large outdoor crowds
George Whitefield
people treated as pagans by Protestant colonists
Jews
First institution of higher learning
Harvard College
Describe the colonial family.
Home was the education, church, and hospital to the family
Home was the center for economic activity
Most early colonists believed in the supernatural works of ________.
God
This colony was the most tolerant when it came to religious freedom
Pennsylvania
DAILY DOUBLE
Why was the Half-Way Covenant adopted and what were the results?
schools that met in the homes of widows or single ladies
dame schools
Describe the middle class
Could climb the social ladder
owned land and a home
Did not own slaves
included shopkeepers, clergymen, carpenters
Belief that God created the world and then stepped aside
Deism
DAILY DOUBLE
Name three of the seven reasons of the Great Awakening.
They followed the teachings of John Huss
Moravians
Greek, Latin, and natural philosophy was taught in _____________ schools
Grammar
Describe the slave family.
Slave mothers were unable to care for their children during the day
slave raised some of their own food and earned money by selling excess
helped slaves endure the hardships of bondage
Which colony was a leader in the provision of education to its children?
Massachusetts
denominational name for the New England Puritans
Congregationalists
They were supervised by commissaries sent by the Bishop of London
Anglicans
Education in the southern colonies was usually provided by this person.
Private tutor
Movement that exalted rational thinking and critical reasoning
Enlightenment
Sons were sent to school in _________ even after the American colleges were founded.
England
Why was the Great Awakening needed?
People were uninterested in spiritual things
German Protestants who settled in some of the colonies
Dunkers
In Massachusetts, this act provided for local education
Old Deluder Satan Act
This covenant allowed unsaved children to become church members.
Half-Way Covenant
This movement had a strong effect on intellectuals
Unitarianism