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Enlightenment thinkers such as Isaac Newton stressed the:


A) value of traditional religion.
B) virtue of divine right monarchy.
C) ability of reason to discover the laws of the universe.
D) superiority of art over science.
E) presence of God in nature.

F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

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Which had the most far-reaching consequences on American culture: the Enlightenment or the Great Awakening? Why?

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The largest city in the colonies at the end of the colonial period:


A) had a population of about 1 million.
B) had a population of about 2,000.
C) was Boston.
D) was Philadelphia.
E) had as many people as London.

F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

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One of the most controversial elements of the Great Awakening was:


A) women who rose to speak during religious services.
B) the revolutionary approach of the New Light theology.
C) the democratizing of religion through revivalism.
D) the acceptance of confrontation as an element of worship.
E) the fearsome imagery of many of the sermons.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

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MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -George Whitefield


A) gave the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
B) urged people to pursue salvation without ministers
C) urged his parishioners to experience a "new birth"
D) challenged biblical notions through science
E) former slave who became a major Virginia landowner
F) author of the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanack
G) was a newspaper editor tried for libel
H) developed indigo as an exotic staple
I) advocate of "natural law" and "natural rights"
J) confessed to witchcraft in Salem

K) E) and F)
L) H) and J)

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MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -William Tennent


A) gave the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
B) urged people to pursue salvation without ministers
C) urged his parishioners to experience a "new birth"
D) challenged biblical notions through science
E) former slave who became a major Virginia landowner
F) author of the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanack
G) was a newspaper editor tried for libel
H) developed indigo as an exotic staple
I) advocate of "natural law" and "natural rights"
J) confessed to witchcraft in Salem

K) F) and G)
L) A) and G)

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