APUSH Key Terms and People Chapt 1-5 group 7

Arminianism

Belief that people can choose salvation through free will (vs. predestination).

Great Awakening

Religious revival movement emphasizing emotion and personal faith.

Old lights

Traditional clergy who opposed the Great Awakening.

New lights

Ministers who supported the Great Awakening's emotional preaching.

Poor Richard's Almanack

Popular book by Ben Franklin full of witty sayings and advice.

Zenger trial

1735 case that established freedom of the press in colonial America.

Royal colonies

Colonies directly ruled by the British king through appointed governors.

Proprietary colonies

Colonies governed by individuals granted land by the crown.

Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crèvecœur

French-American writer who praised American diversity.

Jacobus Arminius

Dutch theologian who argued for free will in religious salvation.

Jonathan Edwards

Influential preacher during the Great Awakening, known for 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.'

George Whitefield

Famous traveling preacher who inspired thousands during the Great Awakening.

John Trumbull

Colonial artist known for his historical paintings.

Phillis Wheatley

Enslaved African American poet who published works in the colonies and England.

John Singleton Copley

American painter who went to Europe to gain recognition.

John Peter Zenger

Printer whose trial helped establish free press rights in the colonies.