Ben Franklin
What college did Ben Franklin found?
Penn University.
What is the difference between the Old Lights and the New Lights?
New Lights embraced the Enlightenment period.
What were British soldiers called?
Red Coats.
Explain the Boston Massacre
An exaggerated event where British Soldiers shot 5 colonists.
Who was the more influential British Enlightenment author?
John Locke.
Name an invention by Ben Franklin
Lightning rod.
Name one of the two major Preachers during the Great Awakening
1. Jonathan Edwards
2. George Whitfield
Explain the Enlightenment
This event was a movement stressing human reason instead of focusing on superstition.
Explain taxation without representation
A phrase the colonists adopted explaining how they felt about their representation in the government of England taxing them without having proper representation in government.
Who was the most influential French Enlightenment author?
Voltaire.
Name another invention by Franklin
Flexible catheter.
What religions made up the Old Lights?
Quakers and Anglicans.
What was Pontiac's Rebellion?
A conflict between the English and the Ottawa led to Native American raids against British forts west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Explain the Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party is when colonists rebelled against the British's taxes on goods by dumping tea into the Boston harbor.
Who was the most influential Colonial Enlightenment author?
Ben Franklin.
Name another, another invention by Ben Franklin
24-hour, three-wheel clock that was much simpler than other designs of the day.
What religions made up the New Lights?
Methodists, Baptists, and Presbyterians.
Explain the Proclamation line of 1763
Line along the App. mountains saying the colonists can't pass this line.
How much tea was dumped into the Boston Harbor?
Over 1 million dollars.
What is deism?
The belief that religion isn't necessary to worship God.
Name the pamphlet Ben Franklin wrote containing proverbs and advice
Poor Richard's Almanack.
Explain what a Great Awakening revival looked like
Huge meetings of all types of people in the woods celebrating God for days to weeks straights.
What position did George Washington start out as in the French and Indian War before later becoming a colonel?
Major.
Name and explain the 4 major taxes the colonists hated
Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Intolerable Acts.
What aspect of education and society was the Enlightenment sparked from?
Science.