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History Chapter 5
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8th Grade
12/11/2013

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John and Charles Wesley
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Started the organization of the Methodist denomination.
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Jonathan Edwards
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A famous Preacher.
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George Whitefield
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Had the greatest impact on America during the Great Awakening.
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David Brainerd
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The best-known missionary to the Indians.
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Phillis Wheatley
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First black woman poet in America.
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George Washington
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A tall, 21-year-old Virginian.
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General Edward Braddock
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A Scotsman n the valiant Coldstream guards.
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George III
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Planned to reduce Parliamentary power.
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George Grenville
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A new prime minister.
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William Pitt the Elder
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Believed that colonies should have direct representation to Parliament.
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Edmund Burke
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Defended the colonies.
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Half-way Covenant
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An agreement to grant membership to unconverted desendants of church members.
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Methodist Revival
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The revival in Britain.
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Great Awakening
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The revival in America.
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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
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Most famous sermon in American History by Jonathan Edwards.
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Virginia Rangers
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A local militia unit of young men.
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French and Indian War
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This war would decide the future of North America by establishing once and for all the supremacy of England.
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Proclamation of 1763
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Cancelled all previous land grants given to the colonies by past kings and Parliaments.
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Stamp Act
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Required colonists to buy stamps.
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Quartering Act
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Required colonists to buy stamps.
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Stamp Act Congress
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Asked the king to defend their rights, to restore their royal charters, and to restore the land grants given.
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Declatory Act
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Colonies were subordinate to England.
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Fort Duquesne
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Captured by French.
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