key terms
1. The Enlightenment-A cultural movement of intellectuals beginning in the late 17th and 18th century.
2. Jonathan Edwards-A Christian preacher and theologian most acknowledged to be Americas most important Philosophical theologian.
3. George Whitefield-An English Anglican preacher who helped spread the Great Awakening in Britain.
4. The Great Awakening-Used to refer to several periods of religious revival in American religious history.
5. “Old Lights”-If a denomination is changing and some refuse to change and the denomination splits those who don't change are referred to as old lights.
6. “New Lights”- If a denomination is changing and it splits those who do change are referred to as new lights.
7. Slave codes-Laws in each US state which defined the status of the leaves and the rights of masters.
8. The French and Indian War-A war fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New Frnace. It began with a dispute over control of the confluence of the Allegheny and Monogahela rivers, called the Forks of the Ohio
9. Marquis Duquesne-A French Governor General of New France who played a important role in the French and Indian War.
10. The Proclamation of 1763-Following the acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian war, which forbade settlers from settling past the line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
11. Deism-The belief that reason and observation of the natural world are sufficient to determine the existence of God.
12. Huguenots-Members of the Protestant Reformed Church during the 16th and 17th centuries.
13. John Locke and Sir Isaac Newton-An English physicist and mathematician who is widely regarded as the most influential scientist. A English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers.
14. Fort Duquesne-Fort established by the French in 1754, at the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers.
15. Elmina-Castle erected by
2. Jonathan Edwards-A Christian preacher and theologian most acknowledged to be Americas most important Philosophical theologian.
3. George Whitefield-An English Anglican preacher who helped spread the Great Awakening in Britain.
4. The Great Awakening-Used to refer to several periods of religious revival in American religious history.
5. “Old Lights”-If a denomination is changing and some refuse to change and the denomination splits those who don't change are referred to as old lights.
6. “New Lights”- If a denomination is changing and it splits those who do change are referred to as new lights.
7. Slave codes-Laws in each US state which defined the status of the leaves and the rights of masters.
8. The French and Indian War-A war fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New Frnace. It began with a dispute over control of the confluence of the Allegheny and Monogahela rivers, called the Forks of the Ohio
9. Marquis Duquesne-A French Governor General of New France who played a important role in the French and Indian War.
10. The Proclamation of 1763-Following the acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian war, which forbade settlers from settling past the line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
11. Deism-The belief that reason and observation of the natural world are sufficient to determine the existence of God.
12. Huguenots-Members of the Protestant Reformed Church during the 16th and 17th centuries.
13. John Locke and Sir Isaac Newton-An English physicist and mathematician who is widely regarded as the most influential scientist. A English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers.
14. Fort Duquesne-Fort established by the French in 1754, at the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers.
15. Elmina-Castle erected by