APUSH AMSCO CHAPTER 3 VOCAB
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
half way covenant - ANSWER - A Puritan church document; In 1662, the Halfway Covenant
allowed partial membership rights to persons not yet converted into the Puritan church; It
lessened the difference between the "elect" members of the church from the regular members;
Women soon made up a larger portion of Puritan congregations.
jeremiad - ANSWER - a group of people that focused on the teachings of Jeremiah, a biblical
prophet that warned of doom
harvard college - ANSWER - the first American college, established in 1636 by Puritan
theologians who wanted to create a training center for ministers. The school was named for
John Harvard, a Charleston minister, who had left it his library and half his estate
first great awakening - ANSWER - Religious revival in the colonies in 1730s and 1740s; George
Whitfield and Jonathan Edwards preached a message of atonement for sins by admitting them
to God. The movement attempted to combat the growing secularism and rationalism of mid-
eighteenth century America. Religious splits in the colonies became deeper.
deism - ANSWER - A popular Enlightenment era belief that there is a God, but that God isn't
involved in people's lives or in revealing truths to prophets.
jonathan edwards - ANSWER - Preacher during the First Great Awakening; "Sinners in the
hands of angry god"
town hall meetings - ANSWER - meetings used in the New England colonies that gathered
white property holders to discuss and vote on particular subjects. Members of the church were
only allowed to the meetings. They decided that religious dissenters would be punished.
john peter zenger - ANSWER - Journalist that questioned the policies of the governor of New
York in the 1700's and was jailed. he sued and this court case was the basis for our freedom of
speech and press. He was found not guilty.
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
half way covenant - ANSWER - A Puritan church document; In 1662, the Halfway Covenant
allowed partial membership rights to persons not yet converted into the Puritan church; It
lessened the difference between the "elect" members of the church from the regular members;
Women soon made up a larger portion of Puritan congregations.
jeremiad - ANSWER - a group of people that focused on the teachings of Jeremiah, a biblical
prophet that warned of doom
harvard college - ANSWER - the first American college, established in 1636 by Puritan
theologians who wanted to create a training center for ministers. The school was named for
John Harvard, a Charleston minister, who had left it his library and half his estate
first great awakening - ANSWER - Religious revival in the colonies in 1730s and 1740s; George
Whitfield and Jonathan Edwards preached a message of atonement for sins by admitting them
to God. The movement attempted to combat the growing secularism and rationalism of mid-
eighteenth century America. Religious splits in the colonies became deeper.
deism - ANSWER - A popular Enlightenment era belief that there is a God, but that God isn't
involved in people's lives or in revealing truths to prophets.
jonathan edwards - ANSWER - Preacher during the First Great Awakening; "Sinners in the
hands of angry god"
town hall meetings - ANSWER - meetings used in the New England colonies that gathered
white property holders to discuss and vote on particular subjects. Members of the church were
only allowed to the meetings. They decided that religious dissenters would be punished.
john peter zenger - ANSWER - Journalist that questioned the policies of the governor of New
York in the 1700's and was jailed. he sued and this court case was the basis for our freedom of
speech and press. He was found not guilty.
