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AP US ch 5
Question | Answer |
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Lower House | Elected by the people, those who owned property. Property owning white males in heavily populated areas. Early social and political conflict-landowning white males in heavily populated areas vs. those in the back country |
John Peter Zenger | Newspaper printer. Assailed the corrupt royal gov. charged with seditious libel.Seditious-advocating the overthrow of gov. Libel-written lies. Freedom of press. Health of democracy. Not guilty, he wasn't lying |
Poor Richard's Almanac | Benjamin Franklin gained colonial recognition. Emphasized thrift, industry, morality, and common sense. Thinking and ideas from farm community, colonial vernacular. Most popular book in the colonies. Additional unity in virtues-represented unique identity |
The Great Awakening | sermons more emotional.Unity among colonists-1st mass social movement,something in common.Easier to challenge authority.Encouraged selfthinking/examination.Competition among churches.No line b/w elect&non,class distinctions weakened.Salvation=goodworks |
"Dead Dogs" | Ministers who droned on with tedious, over erudite sermons. Trained in England |
Johnathan Edwards | Pastor. Proclaimed the folly of believeing in salvation through good works&affirmed the need for dependence on God's grace. "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Emotional, connection to individual believers |
George Whitefield | Jerimiand-toured expressing his message of human helplessness&divine omnipotence. New style of preaching that caused many to preach conversion |
"Old lights" | Orthodox clergymen. Deeply skeptical of the emotionalism&theatrical antics of the revivalists |
"New lights" | Defended the Awakening for its role in revitalizing Colonial religion. Denominational split: Congregrational vs. prebyterian |