abeka history 11 section 12.4

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