People
Great theologian of the Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards
There is a limited amount of wealth in the world.
Mercantilism
1215 -- Guaranteed the rights of English Nobles
Magna Carta
These required British goods to be transported only on British ships
Navigation Acts
Colonial area primarily in DE and southern NJ
New Sweden
He was put on trial for committing Seditious Libel in 1735.
John Peter Zenger
Colonies like being left alone.
Benign Neglect
1692 -- response to religious stress
Salem Witchcraft Trials
This gave Parliament authority over the monarchy
English Bill of Rights
The wealthy patron who founded a religious haven for Quakers near the Delaware Bay.
He was the most famous American in 1750, advocate of Enlightenment thought.
Benjamin Franklin
New ideas about human nature and government, starting around 1648.
Enlightenment
1734 -- response to religious stress
First Great Awakening
Charge a detainee with a crime, or release him
Writ of Habeas Corpus
The part of the Triangular Trade that brought Africans to N. America
Middle Passage
The great preacher of the Great Awakening, used techniques from the theater.
George Whitefield
Conditions that persuade people to leave their homes, e.g. poverty, persecution
Push Factors
1676 -- the people who rebelled against the VA colony
Indentured servants
You are not allowed to say anything critical about the government, even if it is true
Seditious Libel
They hated the English, and became farmers on the American frontier
Scots-Irish
First famous black writer in America.
Phyllis Wheatley
Conditions that persuade people to settle in a particular placer, e.g. more land, higher income
Pull Factors
1735 -- overturned Seditious Libel in NY
Zenger Trial
"Old Light" churches wanted government to suppress this. Government did not.
First Great Awakening
Children were taught by women in these places, mostly in New England
Dame Schools