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7th history 4/4
The Spread of New Ideas
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| public school | a school supported by taxes |
| dame schools | school that women opened in their homes to teach boys and girls to write |
| Anne Bradstreet | First Colonial Poet |
| Phillis Wheatley | A slave who was educated by her owners. Published first poem at 14. America's first poet of African descent. |
| Ben Franklin | Best loved colonial writer. Started newspaper in Philadelphia, Pensylvania Gazette. Most widely reqad paper in conolnies. Discovered electicity, invented llibrary, fire dept., bifocals, stove |
| Jonathan Edwards | Massachusetts preacher asked people to comit lives to God. Helped spread Great Awakening |
| natural rights | rights that belong to every human from birth |
| Divine rights | the beliefs that monarchs get the authority to rue directly from God |
| separation of powers | division of the power of government into separate branches |