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1st Great Awakening

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(1730s-1740s) a series of religious revivals among Protestants in the American colonies. Led to the division of old congregations and the forming of new ones. Leaders included Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield.

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Anne Hutchinson

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A Puritan woman who was well learned that disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island. She displayed the importance of questioning authority.

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Bacon's Rebellion (1676)

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Armed rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon due to colonial government's lack of response to Native American attacks on western settlers in Virginia. Governor William Berkeley, who had the support of the British government, requested forces from England came to Virginia to suppress the resistance and reform the colonial government to one that was more directly under royal control. Led to a move from indentured servants to African slaves for labor purposes.