Half-Way Covenant
an agreement among new England churches to grant membership to
unconverted descendants of church members
Johnathan Edwards
colonial Americas foremost theologian and greatest intellects
preached the most famous sermon in america's history, "sinners
in the hands of an angry God
George Whitefield
English evangelist
preached outdoors to crowds of up to 20,000 people
Great awakening lead to the founding of these four colleges:
Princeton
Brown
Rutgers
Dartmouth
David Brainerd
missionary who spread the gospel to indians
Young George Washington
he was a colonial officer in the Virginia rangers who led the militia
in the french and indian war
advised the Virginia Governor to build a fort called Fort Duquesne
General Edward Braddock
commanded British troops and colonial militias to capture Fort
Duquesne and the Ohio river valley
ignored the advice to fight like indians
George III
had the desire to restore the power to the crown
taxed the english colonies in america and violated their rights as Englishmen
George Grenville
he tried to control settlement on the western frontier by passing the
proclamation of 1763
he convinced the king to raise taxes
Edmund Burke
was an irishman who defended the colones in America before parliament