BJU American Republic Ch. 4

What three groups comprised the upper class in New England?

I must be able to answer in essay format (choose both):

The religious group that followed the teachings of John Huss was the ___.

Life expectancy was the same in colonial times as it is today.

Some villages in New England organized ___ schools to give children an education and teach Greek, Latin, and rhetoric.

Why did the MA General Court call the law required the creation of schools the "Old Deluder Satan Act"

Young people learned a trade through the ___ system.

Which of the following is NOT true about indentured servants?

Wrote The Selling of Joseph in which he criticized slavery.

As a result of the Great Awakening, social class distinctions became more important.

The Great Awakening increased the distinction between church and government.

Apprentices rarely rose to positions of importance in society.

The majority of New England Puritan churches were ___, in which the members had a voice in how they operated.

A ___ was a board that looked like a paddle and was covered with a printed sheet.

A philosophy that the Bible had to be tested by human reason and God rarey intervenes in creation since creating it.

The College of ___ was the first college in the southern colonies.

Preached the sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

Schools taught by widows or single women in their homes were called ___ schools.

Traveled to American seven times, preaching thousands of sermons and establishing an orphanage in Georgia.

Led the Great Awakening in the South.

The first Africans arrived in Jamestown in the year ___.

The ___ were a German religoius group who got their name from their method of baptism.

During the ___ Witch Trials, over 150 people were accused of witchcraft.

A philosophical movement that emphasized science and reason.

Freedom to question church leaders during the Great Awakening led people to also question their political leaders.

Colonial women generally had the same legal rights as men.

Most early colleges in the colonies were established to train ___.

Trained young men for ministry in Log College.

The religious revival of the colonial era was the ___.

Puritans who felt Harvard had drifted from its strong religious teachings founded ___ College in CT.

Ministered to the Indians but died at age 29.

The ___ colonies had the greatest religious diversity.

A philosophy that denied the doctrine of the trinity and said that Jesus was not divine.

What would an indentured servant receive upon the completion of his service?

The emphasis on missions increased as a result of the Great Awakening.

The ___ Covenant allowed children to be baptized into the church even if the parents did not profess salvation.

Individuals who had gained passage to America in return for several years of labor upon arrive were called ___.

What group comprised most of the upper class in the southern colonies?

New colleges were founded to train pastors because earlier colleges had drifted from their original mission.

The first college in America was ___.

Identify three groups who comprised the midele class in the colonies.