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The Great Awakening correct answers A backlash against the ritual and formality of the
established Chruch of England brought about by the arrival of outspoken traveling (itinerant)
evangelists, who claimed that the official parish ministers were incompetant and unregenerate.
Hundreds of congregations were founded between 1700 and 1750. The Great Awakening could
appeal to the masses and ended up invigorating and fragmenting the American religious life.
Jonathan Edwards correct answers A connecticut clergyman who helped to spark the Great
Awakening in the 1740's through his sermons. He became convinced of the need for religious
revival in the colonies, claiming that Christians there had become preoccupied with making and
spending money and that religion had become too intellectual in the process. He used scare
tactics in his speeches.
George Whitefield correct answers The true catalyst of the Great Awakening, George Whitefield
(a spellbinding evangelist) reawakened the notion of salvation. He stressed the need for "new
birth"- a sudden and emotional moment of conversion and salvation. His most famous sermon
was, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," was a devout appeal to repentence.(reality of hell,
omnipotence of God's vision, certainty of His judgement)
The Enlightenment correct answers The Enlightenment was a revolution in thinking which
affected the literate population of America and Europe and championed rational inquiry,
scientific discoveries, and individual freedom. The 18nth Century Enlightenment set in motion
self-assured intellectual forces that challenged the reality of revealed religion and the logic of
Christian faith.
Thomas Hobbes correct answers An English writer who wrote a book titled, "Leviathan", which
supported monarchy. The Enlightenment thinkers took the "right to life" and its defense by the
force of arms from Hobbes.
John Locke correct answers An English political writer of the late 17th and early 18nth centuries
who established the theory of the "social contract"(people formed societeies and governments as
voluntary agreements in order to avoid chaos) God given rights according to Locke were to life,
liberty, and property. The people had the right to overthrow any government that did not uphold
the aforementioned rights.
Charles de Montesquieu correct answers A French aristocrat and political scientist who studied
forms of goverment goign back into antiquity. He wrote, "The Spirit of the Laws" which
influenced the writers of the declaration of independence to divide its specific powers of
government among different branches, each with a specific function.
Benjamin Franklin correct answers Ben Franklin was a free-thinker who derived an outlook of
buoyant hope and confident optimism from the discoveries of modern science. He believed that
God was a distant creator, not a providential force in human life and that humans could
determine their own destinies. (Poor Richard's Almananck, a library, fire company, the
The Great Awakening correct answers A backlash against the ritual and formality of the
established Chruch of England brought about by the arrival of outspoken traveling (itinerant)
evangelists, who claimed that the official parish ministers were incompetant and unregenerate.
Hundreds of congregations were founded between 1700 and 1750. The Great Awakening could
appeal to the masses and ended up invigorating and fragmenting the American religious life.
Jonathan Edwards correct answers A connecticut clergyman who helped to spark the Great
Awakening in the 1740's through his sermons. He became convinced of the need for religious
revival in the colonies, claiming that Christians there had become preoccupied with making and
spending money and that religion had become too intellectual in the process. He used scare
tactics in his speeches.
George Whitefield correct answers The true catalyst of the Great Awakening, George Whitefield
(a spellbinding evangelist) reawakened the notion of salvation. He stressed the need for "new
birth"- a sudden and emotional moment of conversion and salvation. His most famous sermon
was, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," was a devout appeal to repentence.(reality of hell,
omnipotence of God's vision, certainty of His judgement)
The Enlightenment correct answers The Enlightenment was a revolution in thinking which
affected the literate population of America and Europe and championed rational inquiry,
scientific discoveries, and individual freedom. The 18nth Century Enlightenment set in motion
self-assured intellectual forces that challenged the reality of revealed religion and the logic of
Christian faith.
Thomas Hobbes correct answers An English writer who wrote a book titled, "Leviathan", which
supported monarchy. The Enlightenment thinkers took the "right to life" and its defense by the
force of arms from Hobbes.
John Locke correct answers An English political writer of the late 17th and early 18nth centuries
who established the theory of the "social contract"(people formed societeies and governments as
voluntary agreements in order to avoid chaos) God given rights according to Locke were to life,
liberty, and property. The people had the right to overthrow any government that did not uphold
the aforementioned rights.
Charles de Montesquieu correct answers A French aristocrat and political scientist who studied
forms of goverment goign back into antiquity. He wrote, "The Spirit of the Laws" which
influenced the writers of the declaration of independence to divide its specific powers of
government among different branches, each with a specific function.
Benjamin Franklin correct answers Ben Franklin was a free-thinker who derived an outlook of
buoyant hope and confident optimism from the discoveries of modern science. He believed that
God was a distant creator, not a providential force in human life and that humans could
determine their own destinies. (Poor Richard's Almananck, a library, fire company, the
