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History 130 Exam #2
Development of a new nation
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10/14/2010

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George Whitefield
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Became a leading preacher of the Great Awakening. Created a mass public that broke down the boundaries of small communities in which each priest had typically addressed his own congregation. Strategy was to criticize the individual without attacking the system.
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Consumer revolution
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Development of a unique American identity – creates a working class that works hard in part so that they can accumulate some consumer goods. By owning these consumer goods, they will tell the world something about themselves.
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Stono Rebellion
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Led by 20 slaves born in Kongo that broke into a store, taking weapons and ammunition and killing the storekeepers. The rebels moved south toward St. Augustine, killing whites and gathering blacks into their fold.
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Enlightenment
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Believed that God and his world were knowable. More interested in what all people had in common than what differentiated them.
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