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William Penn
He was an English Quaker who intended to use the propietary rights to the western portion of New Jersey that a group of that a group of English Quakers brought in 1676. He was also prominent in the struggle for religious toleration. -
John Locke
He was an English Philosopher who wrote Letter on Tolerance in 1688. He argued that churches were voluntary societies and could work only through persuasion. He articulated a philosophy that he state existed to provide for the happiness and security for individuals. -
Salem Witch Trials
Cause: a group of girls accusing a number of old men and women in the town of bewitching them.
Effect: Accusations were being thrown all around and many people were put in jail for witchcraft, and 20 were executed for it. -
Indian Epidemics
The colonists had become immune to the diseases, but since they had never been exposed before, the Indians took a hard hit from this. It is estimated that the population dropped from 7-10 million to 1 million. -
Natural Law
This is significant because enlightenment thinkers in Britain argued the universe was governed by Natural Law, which meant that the state existed for the happiness and security of individuals. They were laws that people could understand and apply to their own advantage. -
Quakers
They were also known as the Society of Friends, and created the town of Pennsylvania as a haven where they could freely practice their religion. They were determined to prevent a repetition of what happened in the past with the injustice they had been imprisoned for before. -
"Hiving Off"
This is significant because when towns or communities got too large, groups of people, often families, left together to form new churches and towns else where. This created many new places that had the same values and ideas about things, but more spread out than others. -
Robert Walpole
He was teh Prime Minister of Britain. He assumed that a decentralized administration would best accomplich the economic needs of the nation. Also, He contented colonies would present far fewer problems. -
Rational for dispossesing Indians
This is significant because it shows how in colonial times a majority of people thought it was just normal to be dispossessing Indians even though they were there first. Some thought they didn't use the land to its full potential while others thought it was okay just because they thought of them as savages. These are also the views that he Puritans had.
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William and Gilbert Tennant
William and his son Gilbert were two important leaders of the Great Awakening in Pennsylvania. William was a preacher who established a ministry school called the Log Cabin College and toured with Jonathan Edwards giving sermons appealing to the emotions of poor and young people. -
Jonathan Edwards
Sparked a noteable movement in Northampton, Massachusetts. He devoted his time to preaching to young people and touring with William Tennant in the 1730s. -
George Whitefield
An evangelical minister from England who made the first of several tours of the colonies. He left his listeners with the hope that God would respond to their desire for salvation. He also delivered the famous sermon "The Dangers of an Uncoverted Ministry" -
Log Cabin College
Log Cabin college was set up in 1746 by William Tennant as a school to train ministers. The college later turned into the College of New Jersey, then later Princeton University. -
Apprenticeships
Cause: Shops and their ownes needed to have young men willing to become skilled in the craft. They needed someone to help them with their business.
Effect: Many men began starting their own busineses or working with master craftsmen in their shops.
*there is no specific date for this because it is spread out over colonial times -
Great Awakening
This is significant because befor the awakening, attendance at churches had been mainly an adult affair, but through the revival, it had its deepest effets on young peole who flocked to church in greater numbers than ever before.