haystack prayer meetings
small prayer meeting that led to a revival of missions in america
samuel mills
founded america’s first foreign missions board, the american board
the america board
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samuel mills founded the america’s first foreign missions board, ____ ___________ _________
adoniram judson
american missionary to the nation of burma; his work led him to be known as the father of american missions
burma
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adoniram judson was an american missionary to the nation of ________
lott carey
american missionary to liberia; the father of western african missions
liberia
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lott carey was an american missionary to _________
colin teague
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lott carey was assisted by _______ __________
dr. peter parker
samuel williams
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___. _______ _______ and __________ ___________ attempted to return shipwrecked japanese and failed
matthew perry
officer of the US navy who went to japan specifically to open trade relations with them
1854
japan signed a treaty to trade with america
townshend harris
first american ambassador to japan
treaty of amity and commerce (townshend treaty)
opened japan to america trade and Christian missionaries
jonathan goble
one of the first american Baptist missionaries to japan
captain james cook
discovered the islands of Hawaii (1778)
1778
when did captain james cook discover hawaii?
kamehameha I
united all but 2 of the main islands of hawaii
kamehameha II
abolished pagan religions of hawaii
hiram bingham
asa thurston
led the first group of american missionaries to hawaii (1820)
queen kaahumanu
encouraged Christianity and made it hawaii’s official religion