4^th Grade History

Study Guide – Chapters 8 & 9

People

Francis Asbury – a famous colonial circuit-riding preacher

Isaac Backus – Massachusetts pastor who pioneered the idea of separation of church

and state

David Brainerd – American missionary to the Indians who died very young

Jonathan Edwards – Puritan preacher who started the Great Awakening

George Washington – took command in the first battle of the French and Indian War

when the English general was wounded

John Wesley – founder of the Methodist church

George Whitefield – English evangelist who came to America seven times to preach

Countries

England

1. most of its colonists were farmers
2. controlled Canada after the French and Indian War
3. became the most powerful and important country in America because of the French and Indian War
4. sent George Washington to Fort Le Boeuf and demanded its surrender
5. almost lost the French and Indian War because its soldiers used a European style of fighting

France

1. colonists settled in Canada
2. built forts along the Ohio River
3. allowed only Catholics to come to America
4. made friends with the Indians
5. traded with the Indians for fur
6. faced defeat when Quebec was conquered

Facts to know

Most Indians chose to fight against the English.

Great Awakening – the spiritual revival that took place in America in the 1700’s

The French and Indian War was important to our country because

1. it answered the question of which country would be more important in North America
2. the colonists gained valuable experience as soldiers
3. George Washington became a great hero
4. more colonists began moving into the Ohio Valley

Map work – know the original 13 colonies, Sweden, Baltic Sea, Poland, Germany, English Channel, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Black Sea, Caspian Sea – be able to put these locations on a blank map