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| Jonathon Edwards | A Puritan preacher of the Great Awakening who emphasized man's sinfulness and complete dependence on God |
| The Enlightenment | is the era in Western philosophy and intellectual, scientific and cultural life, centered upon the 18th century, in which reason was advocated as the primary source for legitimacy and authority |
| Benjamin Franklin | America's own renaissance man...he symbolized The Enlightenment in America |
| Great Awakening | A series of religious revivals in the 13 colonies that stressed emotional conversion. It divided exiting churches (especially the Congregational Church in NE) and led to the formation of new groups such as baptists and methodists |
| Old Lights / New Lights | Especially in NE...the division that occured between preachers who embraced the Great Awakening's message, and those who did not |
| Poor Richard's Almanac | Benjamin Franklin's popular yearly compendium of predictions and news items |
| Scotch-Irish | An immigrant group who settled along the Appalachian Mountains in several of the 13 colonies. Their independent streak would lead to several instances of rebellions in the build up to the Revolutionary war |
| George Washington | In 1754 he led a Virginia militia into disupted area in the Ohio River Valley that the English came. His actions there led to the outbreak of the French and Indian War |
