Why was a Great Awakening needed in the colonies during the 1700's?
Colonists seemed to think of God less and less.
England/France and Native Americans vs England/France and Colonists
France, England
The _________was a tax only colonists had to pay on documents.
Stamp Act
The Patriots called the English___________of Boston Harbor an Intolerable Act.
blockade
_________ rode to warn Lexington and Concord of the British's arrival.
Paul Revere
Blue Continent
North America
Colony C?
Massachusetts
Name the pastor of a church in Massachusetts where the Great Awakening began.
Jonathan Edwards
Colonists/France and England/Puritans both claimed the same land/town along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
France, England, land
The colonists decided to ________(or refuse to purchase) taxable products.
boycott
During the ______________colonial representatives met in Philadelphia to write down a declaration of rights that American colonists should have.
First Continental Congress
The colonists' war with England began in the year _____.
1775
Red Continent
South America
Colony E?
Connecticut
Name the preacher remembered for having the most powerful voice of the Great Awakening.
George Whitefield
The English/French convinced Colonists/Native Americans to attack English frontier settlements.
French, Native Americans
The _______________ was a meeting of colonial representatives to decide what to do about the Stamp Act.
Stamp Act Congress
Outside Boston, _________trained to fight at a minute's notice.
minutemen
The "shot heard around the world" marked the beginning of _______________.
Yellow Continent
Africa
Colony F?
Pennsylvania
Who wrote many hymns that were sung during the Great Awakening?
Isaac Watts
England/France had the most power in the New World/Europe.
England, New World
The ___________caused the death of five Boston citizens.
Boston Massacre
Colonists who remained loyal to England were called______.
Loyalists
_________was elected president of the Second Continental Congress.
John Hancock
Purple Continent
Europe
Colony K?
North Carolina
The Colonists/Native Americans gained experience fighting battles.
colonists
The __________threw tea into the Boston Harbor to protest unfair taxes.
Sons of Liberty
In a speech, ___________said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
Orange Continent
Australia
Colony M?
Georgia