Quiz on the Great Awakening and Enlightenment

What was the main focus of the Great Awakening?

• Inner religious emotion

• Scientific reasoning

• Political independence

• Economic growth

Who was one of the best-known preachers during the Great Awakening?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Jonathan Edwards

• John Locke

• George Whitefield

What was a significant effect of the Great Awakening on colonial churches?

• Churches gained 20,000 to 50,000 new members

• Churches became more politically active

• Churches focused on economic development

• Churches stopped holding regular services

What did the Enlightenment emphasize as paths to knowledge?

• Religious emotion

• Reason and science

• Military power

• Artistic expression

Which philosopher argued that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property?

• Jonathan Edwards

• George Whitefield

• John Locke

• Benjamin Franklin

Who proposed the idea of a government with three branches to keep each other's power in check?

• John Locke

• Charles-Louis Montesquieu

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

What document, accepted by King John in 1215, guaranteed important rights to noblemen and freemen?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta

• The Declaration of Independence

• The English Constitution

Which body was the colonists' model for representative government?

• The Senate

• The House of Lords

• The Parliament

• The Supreme Court

What was one of the most important English rights related to government?

• Freedom of speech

• Right to bear arms

• Right to elect representatives

• Freedom of religion

Which assembly was the first elected by colonists in Virginia?

• The General Assembly

• The House of Burgesses

• The Continental Congress

• The Senate