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This document contains information on the Great Awakening, the Enlightenment, and the Slave Codes. It also includes questions related to these events and figures such as Ben Franklin.
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orWednesday’sExam,youmustunderstandtheSlaveCodes,theGreat F Awakening,andtheEnlightenmentandknowthevocabulary. earanyoneonthisdocumentwhodidn'twriteanyof D this,whenwedochapterfiveanyonewhodidn’tdoany workwillnotbeallowedonthedocumentandtheywill notbeabletobeavieweraswell-Memberofthis documentthatdidthework heSpreadofNewIdeas T Education-Puritanspassedlawstopromoteeducation. *someschoolsinNYtaught AfricanAmericans+slavestoread* ➔ hildrenmustlearntoread. C ➔ Musthavepublicschools(schoolssupportedbytaxes) ➔ Schoolstoteachreading,writing,andmath ➔ UsedabookcalledTheNewEnglandPrimer Literature Poets: + Writers PhyllisWheatly BenFranklin-WroteRichards's“PoorAlmanac” Slave + 1stAfricanAmericanpoet PennsylvaniaGazette enFranklinwasascientist,writer,businessman,communityleader+diplomat.He B foundedalibraryandafiredepartment.Madediscoveriesaboutelectricity+invented stoves/bi-focalglasses.Hewasagreatcontributortonewideasemergingincolonies. WOMOVEMENTSTOOKPLACEATthetime.ItstartswithTheGreat T Awakening,aReligiousRevivalwherepreacherstriedtobringpeoplebacktoGod. Religionhadbecomelessstrict+Puritantraditionsdeclined,eventhoughmany Christiansexisted.OnePreacher,JonahEdwardsgavefierysermonssayingsinners wouldbepunishedinhellunlesstheysoughtforgiveness.Hewasverypassionateand emotional.Scaredpeople,WantedthemtoexaminetheirlivesandcommittoGod,or else. heImpactOfTheGreatAwakening T ➔ T hisledtotheRiseofmanyNewchurches,leadingtomoreReligiousTolerance. ➔ T heycalledittheGreatAwakeningbecausereligionwasdyingandthey wantedtoawakenpeoplebacktoGod. hen,EnlightenmentMovement T Thesethinkersbelieveproblemscanbesolvedwithhumanreason.Theylookedfor naturallawstogovernpolitics+society.PeoplelikeJohnLocke:Published“Two TreatisesonGovernment”.Hearguedpeoplehavenaturalrightsfrombirthsuchas “life,libertyproperty”.Theserightsareinalienable(whichmeanscan’tbetaken away) ockchallengedtheideaofDivineRight;thatmonarchgetstheirauthoritytorule L directlyfromGod.HesaidnaturalrightscomefromGodandgovernmentsareformed toprotecttheserightsandiftheyviolatethemtheycanoverthrowthegovernment. olerancemeanstoacceptotherpeople'sreligion. T Sermonsmeanreligiousspeakers/preachers. BaronDeMontesquieu EnlightenmentThinker FrenchmanyetinfluencedAmericanideas HeintroducedtheSeparationofPowers(theideathatgovernmentshouldbe dividedinto3branchessonoonecouldpartcanbemorepowerfulthan another)whereeachbranchcancheckeachother(checksandbalances) Executive-enforceslawsthepresidentmakes Legislative-makeslaws Judicial-makesjudgmentsbasedonthelaws JohnLockebelieved“TabulaRosa” ➔ meansblankslate 1. Wearebornwithblankslatesasminds.Life+experiencesfillinwhoweare (NOTGod) BonusQuestion:WhatisthetabulaRosa - Meansblankslate.Wearebornwithblankslatesasminds.Lifewithexperiences fillinwhoweare.(notGod) onusQuestion:WhatwasthefirstcollegeintheNorthandwhatwasthefirstcollege B intheSouth? - ThefirstcollegeintheNorthwasHarvard,andthefirstcollegeintheSouthwas WilliamandMary. onusQuestion:Whowastheonlymanwhosignedallfourdocumentsthatcreated B theUSA? - BenFranklin