This evangelical protestant minister was a leader of the Great Awakening. Although he was very popular in the early years of his movement, he ultimately experienced a politician-like fall after naming “backsliders” from his pulpit, including some of the best families int he town of Northampton, Massachusetts. He is most well-known for his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”
This Italian-born explorer sailed west to find a route to As…
This Italian-born explorer sailed west to find a route to Asia and instead “discovered” a New World. Regarding his “discovery,” in his “Letter to Luis de Santangel” he wrote, “Espanola is a marvel.”
True or False? The Great Awakening was an 18th century phil…
True or False? The Great Awakening was an 18th century philosophical movement stressing the importance of reason and the critical reappraisal of existing ideas and social institutions.
This Massachusetts Bay poet grappled with being both Puritan…
This Massachusetts Bay poet grappled with being both Puritan and human in her poems. She describes an author’s relationship with her writing in “The Author to Her Book.”
True or False? Slavery began to come to the forefront of Ame…
True or False? Slavery began to come to the forefront of American thought as the American Revolution approached because as people were preparing to fight against British oppression, they began to consider oppression within the colonies.
True or False? Vikings established a settlement on the north…
True or False? Vikings established a settlement on the northern tip of Newfoundland about 500 years before Columbus landed on Guanahani/San Salvador.
Identify the sermon, given aboard the Arbella in route to th…
Identify the sermon, given aboard the Arbella in route to the New World, in which the following quote appears: “For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill.”
Identify the puritan minister’s wife who became a victim of…
Identify the puritan minister’s wife who became a victim of “King Philip’s War.”
True or False? Common Sense employed a counterargument/refu…
True or False? Common Sense employed a counterargument/refutation structure in order to appeal to its readers.
The projection demonstrated in the figure above…
The projection demonstrated in the figure above is the: