Monday, October 26, 2009

Homework for 10/30/09

Please read pages 90-97, and answer the following questions:

# What was the First "Great Awakening?" Who brought it about? What groups in colonial society were most attracted to this religious movement?
# Identify the differences between the "Old Lights" and the "New Lights."
# What were the effects of the Great Awakening?
# What was the Enlightenment? How did it differ from the Great Awakening?
# What colonial colleges were in operation by 1763? Why was each founded, and what subjects were studied in the mid-18c?
# What evidence was there that the influence of the Enlightenment was spreading in America?
# Explain the working of the law in colonial America--the concepts on which it was based, and the way it functioned.

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