The Great Awakening and Bacon's Rebellion

Discover the Great Awakening & Bacon's Rebellion: key events shaping Colonial America!

The Great Awakening Reading Which of the following was not a core belief of the Reformation? The Bible is a guide for one's life. God's covenant with people is based on the consent of the individual. One's own interpretation of the Bible is the most important. The Catholic Church's interpretation of the Bible is the most important. Which colonial region's settlements were all founded on the principle of living under their own religious interpretations? New England Middle Southern What is the religious philosophy called that believes a Supreme Being created the universe, but any religious truth can be proven through reason? Deism Great Awakening Reformation Inquisition When did the Great Awakening take place in the American Colonies? 1630s-1670s 1670s-1730s 1730s-1770s 1770s-1830s The Great Awakening was a time of revival for _ beliefs. Agnostic Hindu Catholic Protestant How is considered the most electrifying figure of the Great Awakening Era? Gilbert Tennent George Whitefield Jonathan Edwards Billy Graham How did the Great Awakening create unity between the colonies? It was the first "national" event in the colonies. Everyone became members of the same church. It made them realize that England was treating the colonies unfairly. It created a national currency. Which of the following was a result of the Great Awakening? Greater religious tolerance and equality Ministers connected with the "common man" better It encouraged people to think about the need for democracy in both the church and government All of the above The Great Awakening Video True or False: Popular ministers during the Great Awakening showed very little emotion during their sermons. True False Where were many of the sermons given by traveling ministers? Local churches in small villages Large churches in cities Open fields Theaters The Great Awakening sermons did not appeal to which group of people? The poor Sons who were denied an inheritance Old Lights Women Slavery and Indentured Servitude Reading Read the passage and sort the characteristics into either the slavery column or the indentured servant column. Slavery Compared to Indentured Servitude Video In 3-5 sentences, explain how slavery and indentured servitude was similar and how it was different. Bacon's Rebellion Overview Place the responsibility based on Powhatan gender roles in the correct column. Female farming raising the children making clothes built the homes Male defended the tribe hunted and fished built canoes About how many people were part of the Powhatan Tribe? 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 What was a unique feature of the Cherokee and Muskogee Tribes? They had different leaders during times of peace and war. They were the first democracies in the Americas. They were led by women. They were pacifists (did not believe in violence) Bacon's Rebellion was viewed as a turning point between which two groups of people? Catholics and Protestants Powhatans and Cherokee Muskogee and Cherokee Colonists and local American Indians The event that started Bacon's Rebellion was a raid by the Doeg Indians on the farm of Thomas Matthews. Why did the Doeg raid his farm? He settled on land that belonged to the Doeg. He had not paid for goods he had taken from the Doeg. He killed a young man of the Doeg. The Doeg led a raid on the wrong farm. True or False: Sir William Berkeley, the governor of Virginia, successfully brokered a peace between the colonists and local American Indians. True False In March 1676, what did Governor Berkeley's assembly do to calm hostilities? declared war on hostile tribes restricted trade with Native Americans built a defensive perimeter around Jamestown brought in military reinforcements from neighboring settlements All of the above Nathaniel Bacon was elected a leader of a group that wanted to _. Free all slaves and abolish slavery. Return land taken from Native Americans. Remove all Native Americans from Virginia. Force Governor Berkeley to move out of Virginia. True or False: Nathaniel Bacon was elected as a representative to the House of Burgesses. True False What was an outcome of Bacon's Rebellion? Native American resentment took hold of the colony. Colonists and Native American relations were destroyed. Both A and B None of the above Nathaniel Bacon Biography Why did Nathaniel Bacon upset with Gov. Berkeley? Gov. Berkeley would not support attacking Native American tribes after several attacks from the Native Americans. He refused to lower taxes on the colonists. Gov. Berkeley wanted to attack Native Americans against Bacon's wishes. Gov. Berkeley raised taxes on imported goods. Nathaniel Bacon's wife, Elizabeth Duke, was disinherited for marrying him. True False What would not be an accurate way to describe Nathaniel Bacon? Tall Arrogant Uneducated Well-connected to powerful people How did the frontiersmen react when Gov. Berkeley declined Bacon's petition to attack the American Indians? They understood his reason for not wanting to attack. They resented him. They respected him. They believed he stood up for them and their protection. Nathaniel Bacon and his men destroyed an Occaneechi village. True False What did Gov. Berkeley dare Bacon to do when Bacon returned to Jamestown with 500 armed men? To attack the Native Americans. To leave the colony. To a fist fight. To shoot him. In early September of 1676, what did Bacon and his men do when they took control of Jamestown? Celebrated with a feast. Constructed a statue of Nathaniel Bacon. Burned the settlement. Changed its name to Baconville. When King Charles II issued his proclamation about Bacon's Rebellion, what had already happened to Nathaniel Bacon? He died of dysentery. He was killed by Gov. Berkeley He agreed to relinquish power of the colony. He fled to Spanish controlled Florida. What happened to English supervision of the Virginia colony after Bacon's Rebellion? It decreased. It remained the same. It increased.