The Great Awakening

Who was Roger Williams?

A Puritan who criticized the MBC clergy and was banished from the colony for this.

What was a seeker?

Someone who wanted to articulate new religious ideas

What would Roger Williams do after banishment?

He would get a royal charter to found the colony of Rhode Island and established the Baptist Church.

What were Rhode Island’s Relations like?

It became a refuge for religious dissenters and became known for having good relations with Indians.

Who was Anne Hutchinson?

A member of the MBC who was banished after organizing groups of women to discuss religious issues. She would go on to found the colony of Portsmouth.

Why were Anne Hutchinson’s discussions so controversial to the Puritans?

1. Being a woman discussing religious ideas without a man or clergyman present was not allowed.

2. People were worried they could come up with new ideas without the grounding of a clergy person.

Why did Puritan ministers not like Anne Hutchinson?

She argued that someone’s intuition would lead them to their conscience - ministers felt like that was usurpation of their power?

Why was there a need for higher education in America?

As more generations of people were born and came to America, new ministers would have to be trained as old ones retire or pass away.

What were the first two colleges founded in America? What religious groups did they belong to?

1. Harvard - Puritans

2. The College of William and Mary - Anglicans

Why was it called “The Great Awakening”?

The leaders of the movement thought they were bringing a new light to religious ideas, and many people were trying to revitalize interest in Christianity.

What were the sermons in the Great Awakening like?

Intensely emotional, people often fainted.

Who was Johnathan Edwards?

A Puritan preacher who would be fired for denying non-church members communion due to his belief in the conversion narrative. he gave the “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Sermon.

Who was George Lillie?

A slave whose master taught him to read the bible. He would go on to give sermons in the South to mixed race congregations and would later found the first African American Baptist Church.

Who was Samson Ockham?

An Indian who was involved in creating Dartmouth college. He became a clergyman and would preach to other Indians.

What women were writers of the events going on during the Great Awakening?

Hannah Heaton, Phyllis Wheatley, and Sarah Osborne

Who was James Oglethorpe?

A student turned soldier who would become a war hero and join Parliament.

Why did James Oglethorpe propose the colony of Georgia? What was banned in Georgia?

Oglethorpe had a friend who died in prison due to being thrown in for his debts. He proposed a new colony, Georgia, for debtors to go and be rehabilitated and farm for food. He also said it could act as a defense between Spain/France/Indians and South Carolina.

Georgia banned slavery, large estate holdings (Plantations), and alcohol.

Why did Georgia turn around on its slavery policy?

The people complained that they were becoming poorer than they were in England because they had no slaves, so Georgia changed the policy in 1751.

Who was John Wesley?

A preacher sent by Oglethorpe to make sure people were practicing Chrisitianity.

Why did John Wesley leave the colony?

He fell in love with one of the colonist’s daughter, but she married another. Wesley would then deny her communion and would flee the colony.

While it is debated if this was related to the marriage, it doesn’t matter as he still refused.