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Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards
John Peter Zenger
emphasized.
freedom
civic virtue
the Bible
literacy
science
education
Enlightenment
(1)
was valued by many people in the
colonies. Colonists in New England and Pennsylvania wanted
people to be able to study (2)
The case of (11)
(12)
private
experimenting
Because of
this, the (3)
rate in New England was high.
In the Middle Colonies, widows and unmarried women ran
(4)
schools.
The (8)
placed a great value on knowledge, reason, and
(9)
interest in nature and began (10)
A return to a strong religious faith, called the
(5)
., occurred in the 1730s and 1740s.
and George Whitefield were preachers
(6)
who helped spread the revival. Many new churches were
formed. These churches (7)
personal faith.
rather than church ritual.
was a movement in Europe that
People in the colonies developed an
brought the issue of
of the press to the public's attention.
Colonists began to value other freedoms. Democratic ideas,
practices, and values, known as (13)
were
put into action.