8th Grade American History Chapter 4 Test

Early Colonists

believed in the supernatural works of God (pg 60)

Europe

where some colonists continued to send their sons even after American colleges were founded (pg 59)

Massachusettes

leading colony in the provision of education for its children (pg 57-59)

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

famous sermon preached by Jonathan Edwards (pg 64-65)

Slaves

worked similar hours as indentured servants (pg 53)

Social Class

Colonists were very concerned with strict social classes. (pg 51)

Ideal Colonial Family

the father played a strong role (pg 53-54)

Colonial Women

1) did not have the same rights as colonial men

2) often took over their husbands businesses if the husbands were absent (pg 53-57)

Pennsylvania

the most tolerant colony toward various religions (pg 63)

The Unitarian Movement

had a strong effect on intellectuals

Anglicans

were supervised by commissaries sent by the Bishop of London (pg 61)

Moravians

German settlers who followed the early reformer John Huss (pg 62)

Dunkers

French Protestants who settled in some of the colonies (pg 62)

Jews

people often treated as pagans by Protestant colonists (pg 63)

Unitartians

members of a religion especially strong among some American intellectuals. (pg 68)

Samuel Davies

Virginia preacher during the Great Awakening (pg 64)

David Brainerd

devoted missionary to the Indians (pg 65)

William Tennent

started a college in a log cabin (pg 63-64)

Jonathan Edwards

pastor at Northampton, Massachusetts (pg 64-64)

Noah Webster

wrote the Blue-Backed Speller (pg 58)

Congregationalists

denominational name that described New England Puritans (pg 60)

The Enlightenment

movement of the 1700's that exalted rational thinking and critical reasoning (pg 67)

The Half-Way Covenant

the agreement in 1662 that allowed the unsaved children of Puritans to become church members. (pg 60-61)

Hornbook

wooden "book" that colonial children used to help them learn the alphabet and other simple lessons (pg 58)

Apprenticeship

the system by which young men in the colonies learned a trade. (pg 59)

Dame Schools

Schools that met in the homes of widows or single ladies (pg 57)

Redemptioner

a servant that came from Europe with his family, hoping to find a friend or relative to pay their passage (pg 52)

Aristocrats

people that made up the colonial upper class (including the Faneuils and Hancocks) pg 51

Old Deluder Satan Act

the act that provided for local education in Massachusetts (pg 58)

Harvard College

first institution of higher learning in the colonies (pg 59)

George Whitefield

English preacher spoke to a large outdoor crowds during the Great Awakening (pg 65)

Grammar School

where people in colonial America usually learned Greek, Latin, and natural philosophy (pg 57)

Results of the Great Awakening

1) Missionary works began

2) Political freedom was enhanced

3) Colleges established to train pastors and missionaries (pg 67-68)

Deism

Philosophy that asserted that God created the universe and then stepped aside to let the laws of nature function without His intervention. (pg 67-68)

Private Tutors

often provided education in the southern colonies (pg 58-59)

The Middle Class

1) could climb the social ladder

2) owned land and their own home

3) were shopkeepers, clergyman, and carpenters (pg 52)

Colonial Families

1) parents were responsible for their children's education

2) the home often acted as a church and the hospital

3) the home was the center of economic activity (pg 53-57)

Slave Families

1) mothers did not care for their children during the day

2) raised some of their own food and earned money by selling the excess

3) helped slaves endure the hardships of bondage (pg 56-57)

The Great Awakening

was needed in the colonies because people were uninterested in spiritual things (pg 63)

***Essay*** (these are required and are not bonuses)

Why did the Puritan Congregationalists adopt the Half-Way Covenant, and what was the result?

read pgs 60-61

***Essay*** (these are required and are not bonuses)

List and describe five of the seven results of the Great Awakening.

Read pgs 65-67