7. UNIT 2-Colonial America 1607-1750: Gentility,
Religious Revivalism, and Self-Transformation
All of these (the most important theologian of the early 19th century; A leading figure in the First
Great Awakening; A philosopher) - ANS-Jonathan Edwards was...?
Believed their way of life was degenerate and backwards compared to Europeans. -
ANS-Colonial American aristocrats embraced gentility as a personal goal in the early 18th
century because they...?
FALSE - ANS-The Great Awakening was lead by a series of powerful Catholic Priests?
Impersonating evangelicals and aristocrats. - ANS-Tom Bell committed his swindles by...?
Mobility of colonial Americans and the anxiety of people about their place in society. -
ANS-According to the author, Peterson, what were the two reasons that colonials fell for Tom
Bell's swindle?
Their manners and courtesy - ANS-What did William Byrd II and his class valued the most?
TRUE - ANS-George Whitefield was influenced by the theater?
TRUE - ANS-The author, Peterson, suggests that Tom Bell could impersonate people and be
easily accepted because Americans themselves found it relatively easy to change their own
identities, and the Great Awakening actually encouraged this phenomenon of
"self-transformation."
TRUE - ANS-The First Great Awakening lasted about two decades. True of false?
Were welcoming of people from all ethnicities and religious denominations. - ANS-One of the
characteristics of mass revivals was that they...?
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