Guide QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
"In 1739 arrived among us from Ireland the Reverend Mr. [George] Whitefield,
who had
made himself remarkable there as an itinerant preacher. He was at first
permitted to preach in
some of our churches; but the clergy, taking a dislike to him, soon refused him
their pulpits,
and he was obliged to preach in the fields. The multitudes of all sects and
denominations
that attended his sermons were enormous. . . . It was wonderful to see the
change soon made
in the manners of our inhabitants. From being thoughtless or indifferent about
religion, it
seemed as if all the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk
thro' the town in
an evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street."
Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Whitefield's impact suggests that religious culture among British North
American
colonists in the 1700s was most directly shaped by
(A) Roman Cathol - CORRECT ANSWERS C
"In 1739 arrived among us from Ireland the Reverend Mr. [George] Whitefield,
who had
made himself remarkable there as an itinerant preacher. He was at first
permitted to preach in
some of our churches; but the clergy, taking a dislike to him, soon refused him
their pulpits,
, and he was obliged to preach in the fields. The multitudes of all sects and
denominations
that attended his sermons were enormous. . . . It was wonderful to see the
change soon made
in the manners of our inhabitants. From being thoughtless or indifferent about
religion, it
seemed as if all the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk
thro' the town in
an evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street."
Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Whitefield's open-air preaching contributed most directly to which of the
following trends?
(A) The growth of the ideology of republican motherhood - CORRECT
ANSWERS B
"In 1739 arrived among us from Ireland the Reverend Mr. [George] Whitefield,
who had
made himself remarkable there as an itinerant preacher. He was at first
permitted to preach in
some of our churches; but the clergy, taking a dislike to him, soon refused him
their pulpits,
and he was obliged to preach in the fields. The multitudes of all sects and
denominations
that attended his sermons were enormous. . . . It was wonderful to see the
change soon made
in the manners of our inhabitants. From being thoughtless or indifferent about
religion, it
seemed as if all the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk
thro' the town in
an evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street."
Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin