Contains important terms and important people in chapter five of the American Pageant (13th edition).
289932010 | Jonathan Edwards | A famous preacher during the Great Awakening. One of his most famous sermons was "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." | 1 | |
289932011 | John Trumbull | A young painter who was discouraged by his family and society. (During this time period literature and art were not held highly) He eventually left for Europe to be better trained in art. | 2 | |
289932012 | Lord Cornbury | A cousin of Queen Anne's who was made governor of New York and New Jersey in 1702. He later ended up being drunk and a "vain fool." | 3 | |
289932013 | Benjamin West | An artist who left for Europe so that he could make a better living. | 4 | |
289932014 | Phillis Wheatley | A slave girl who wrote poetry despite her difficult circumstances. She eventually traveled to England and later a book of her poetry was published. | 5 | |
289932015 | George Whitefield | A preacher during the Great Awakening who had a talent for public speaking and knew how to get a crowd up on their feet. He played on the crowds emotions and tried to make them profess their sins. | 6 | |
289932016 | Charles Willson Peale | An artist who is best known for his paintings of George Washington. | 7 | |
289932017 | John Peter Zenger | A New York printer who had published some news about that governor of New York and was arrested for seditiois libel. A trial took place and Zenger won. This case became well known because it was a major push towards freedom of the press. | 8 | |
289932018 | Alexander Hamilton | Lawyer for John Zenger in his trial. He would later become the first US Secretary of the Treasury. | 9 | |
289932019 | Benjamin Franklin | A very popular person during the 1700's and was most famous for his writings in "Poor Richard's Almanac." | 10 | |
289932020 | Triangular Trade | Ships would travel to England with rum, and then go to the west coast of Africa and trade the rum for African slaves. After that they would go to the West Indies and exchange the slaves for molasses which would later be sold to the New England colonies. | 11 | |
289932021 | Paxton Boys | A group of men who led an armed march in 1764. The reason for this was to protest the Quakers lenient policy towards the Indians. | 12 | |
289932022 | Naval Stores | These were used to build and repair the British navy ships. | 13 | |
289932023 | Scots-Irish | These group of people made up 7% of the population during the early 1700's | 14 | |
289932024 | The "Bread" Colonies | These were the middle colonies which produced large amounts of grain. | 15 | |
289932025 | The Great Awakening | One of America's first big movements which tried to pull people back to Christianity through fire and brimstone teachings. | 16 | |
289932026 | Smallpox | An epidemic which affected one out of every five people and left marks on the face. One well known person affected by this was George Washington. | 17 | |
289932027 | Baptists | A new faith which grew rapidly and embraced the new style of preaching. This sect of christianity did not just involve Americans, but tried to reach out the Native Americans as well. | 18 | |
289932028 | Lumbering | This may have been one of America's most important manufacturing activities during the ealry to mid 1700's because of its high demand. | 19 | |
289932029 | Congregational Church | This grew out of the Puritan church and was established in all of the New England colonies except Rhode Island. | 20 |