AP U.S. History / Unit 2: Period 2: 1607–1754
2.7 Colonial Society and Culture
Notes
- The Great Awakening (1730s–40s): religious revival (Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield) that challenged established churches.
- The Enlightenment: reason, natural rights (Locke).
- Colonial self-government: Virginia House of Burgesses, town meetings, salutary neglect.
Practice
The Great Awakening:
Revival.
Britain's loose enforcement of colonial rules before 1754 is called:
Allowed self-rule to grow.
The Virginia House of Burgesses was:
1619.
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