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Chapter 5- Land I Love
Chapter 5- Land I Love
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6th Grade
10/11/2014

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Who were the English brothers who organized the Methodist denomination in England.
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John and Charles Wesley
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Who was the congregational preacher of Massachusetts who helped spark the Great Awakening?

 

Preached about "Sinner in the Hands of an Angry God."

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Jonathan Edwards
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Englich evangelist who had the greatest impact on America during the Great Awakening.

 

He preached over 18,000 times!

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George Whitefield
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Who was the best known missionary to the Indians?
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David Brainerd
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Who was the first black woman poet in America?
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Phillis Wheatley
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Who was the young colonial officer in the Virginia Rangers who led the militia in the French and Indian War?
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George Washington
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Who was the Scotsman sent to America to lead British troops against the French?
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General Edward Braddock
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Who was the King of England who attempted to reduce Parlimentary power and bring the American colonies into subjection?
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George III
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Who was the prime minister who wanted to control the colonies?

 

He issued the Proclamation of 1763

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George Greenville
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Who was the English statesman who fought for the colonists in parliament?

 

He was instrumental in the repeal of the Stamp Act.

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William Pitt the Elder
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Who was the Irish statesman who fought for the colonies in Parliament?
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Edmund Burke
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The fort captured from the British and fortified by the French.

 

Located on the heights of the upper Ohio River Valley.

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Fort Duquesne
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An agreement in the mid-1600s among New England churches to grant membership to unconverted descendants of church members.
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Half-way Covenant
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What was the evangelical revival of John and Charles Wesley in England?
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Methodist Revival
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Great revival of the American colonies in the early to mid-1700s.
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Great Awakening
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What was the most famous sermon in American history?

 

It was preached by Jonathan Edwards in 1741

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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
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What were the unit of colonial militia that preserved law and order in the countryside and defended frontier posts from Indian attack.
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Virginia Rangers
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What was the war between the French with their Indian allies and the British with the colonial militia?

 

It was called the Seven Years' War in Europe

 

The BRITISH won

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French and Indian War
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What was Grenville's attempt to control the colonies by prohibiting colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains?
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Proclamation of 1763
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Parliament's tax which required the colonists to purchase a stamp (a seal) for all legal documents.
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Stamp Act
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Required colonists, when necessary, to supply and lodge British soldiers
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Quartering Act
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The meeting of nine colonies in New York to address the growing control and taxation of Britain
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Stamp Act Congress
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Declaration of Parliament reminding the colonists that they were subordinate to England
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Declaratory Act
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What year did George Whitefield make his first trip to America?
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1738
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What year did Jonathan Edwards preach "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."?
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1741
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When was the French and Indian War?
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1754-1763
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When was the Stamp Act?
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1765
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When was the Quartering Act?
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1765
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When was the Declaratory Act?
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1766
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Who was colonial America's foremost theologian and one of the greatest American intellects ever born?
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Jonathan Edwards
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Which college was an outgrowth of a mission school founded to train Indians as missionaries to their own people?
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Dartmouth
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Which great revival preacher in the 1700s founded an orphanage in Georgia and showed a special interest in reaching children with the gospel?
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George Whitefield
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What was the revival that took place in England?
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Methodist

 

also Evangelical Revival

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What two men were responsible for organizing the Methodist denomination?
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John and Charles Wesley
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What was the name of the revival that took place in America?
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The Great Awakening
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What was the name given to the agreement to grant membership to unconverted descendants of church members?
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Half-way Covenant
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Which fort was later renamed Fort Pitt?
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Fort Duquesne
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Who believed that the colonies should have direct representation in Parliament?
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William Pitt the Elder
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Who ignored Washington's advice and insisted on fighting in the open as in Europe?
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General Braddock
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Who became the king in 1760 and determined to bring colonies into subjection?
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George III
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Who was appointed prime minister of England in 1763?
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George Grenville
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Who was sent by Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia to order the French army to leave Virginia?
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George Washington
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What local Virginia militia unit had the job of preserving law and order and defending frontier posts from possible Indian attach?
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The Virginia Rangers
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