Unit 5-8 Readings

Great Awakening

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

Enlightenment

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

New Lights

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

Old Lights

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

Evangelicalism

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

Jonathan Edwards

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

George Whitefield

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

Rationalism

The belief that reason is the primary source of knowledge.

Empiricism

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

Progressivism

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

Cosmopolitanism

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

Deism

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

Proprietary Colony

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

Boston Massacre

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

Abigail Adams

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