Unit 5-8 Readings

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Great Awakening

An outburst of Protestant revivalism in the 18th century emphasizing emotional religiosity.

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Enlightenment

An intellectual movement emphasizing reason, science, and individualism, opposing superstition.

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New Lights

Those who embraced the emotional revivalist message of the Great Awakening.

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Old Lights

Traditionalist Protestant ministers who rejected the revivalist trends of the Great Awakening.

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Evangelicalism

A movement within Protestantism that emphasizes personal faith, conversion, and spreading the Gospel.

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Jonathan Edwards

A prominent preacher of the Great Awakening known for his sermon 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God'.

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George Whitefield

An influential Anglican minister and itinerant preacher during the Great Awakening.

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Rationalism

The belief that reason is the primary source of knowledge.

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Empiricism

The theory that all knowledge is derived from sense experience and observation.

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Progressivism

The belief that human society can improve over time through reason and observation.

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Cosmopolitanism

The idea of being a citizen of the world, promoting open-mindedness and global perspectives.

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Deism

The belief in a rational God who does not intervene in the world or human affairs.

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Proprietary Colony

A colony owned and governed by an individual or group with royal approval, like Georgia.

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Boston Massacre

A 1770 incident where British soldiers killed five colonists, escalating tensions between Britain and the colonies.

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Abigail Adams

Wife of John Adams, known for advocating for women's rights in her letters.

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