APUSH Ch. 4 Vocab: PART 2

Old Lights

Conservative ministers opposed to the passion displayed by evangelical New Light preachers; they preferred to emphasize the importance of cultivating a virtuous Christian life.

New Lights

Evangelical preachers who decried a Christian faith that was merely intellectual; they emphasized instead the importance of a spiritual rebirth.

Consumer revolution

an increase in consumption of English manufactures in Britain and the colonies that was fueled by the Industrial Revolution. The consumer revolution raised living standards but landed many colonists in debt.

Regulators

landowning protesters in North and South Carolina in the 1760s and 1770s to demand that the eastern-controlled government provide western districts with more courts, fairer taxation, and greater representation in the assembly.