APUSH Amsco Chapter 3 Vocab Study Guide with Complete Solutions

APUSH Amsco Chapter 3 Vocab Study Guide with Complete Solutions English Settlers - Answer️️ -Few came in 18th century, less push factors German Settlers - Answer️️ -Settled mostly in western PA, maintained German culture and showed little interest in English politics (Time of revolution, 7% of the population) Scotch-Irish Settlers - Answer️️ -Had little respect for English government; settled along the frontier in PA, VA, Carolinas, and GA (6% of population, 1775) African slaves - Answer️️ -The largest single group of non-English immigrants did not come to America by choice. By 1775, the African American population (slave and free) comprised 20 percent of the colonial population. About 90 percent were in the southern colonies. Congregational Church - Answer️️ -Was founded by separatists who felt that the Church of England retained too many Roman Catholic beliefs and practices. The Pilgrims were members of this church. The First Great Awakening - Answer️️ -Religious movement, aimed to increase church membership and conversion. It was characterized by fervent expressions of religious feeling among masses of people. Jonathan Edwards "Sinners in the hand of an Angry God" - Answer️️ -He was a congregationalist minister who argued that God was angry with human sinfulness. ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 2 George Whitefield - Answer️️ -He came to the colonies from England in 1739. He spread the Great Awakening throughout the colonies, sometime attracting crowds of 10,000 people. His sermons stressed that God was all powerful and would save only those who openly professed belief in Jesus Christ. He taught that ordinary people could understand scripture without depending on ministers to lead them. "Old Lights" - Answer️️ -Were simply orthodox members of the clergy who believed that the new ways of revivals and emotional preaching were unnecessary "New Lights" - Answer️️ -New lights were the more modern-thinking members of the clergy who strongly believed in the Great Awaken