In Northampton, Massachusetts, which of the following led st…
In Northampton, Massachusetts, which of the following led still another explosion of evangelical fervor, involving using vivid depictions of the terrors of hell, his best-known sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” perfectly exemplifies this terrifying approach?
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In the second half of the seventeenth century, especially during the Restoration, England attempted to gain better control of trade with the American colonies, the mercantilist policies by which it tried to achieve this control are known as the
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Ever fearful of an uprising among enslaved New Yorkers, the city’s White residents spread rumors that the fires were part of a massive revolt in which enslaved people would murder White people, burn the city, and take over the colony. Rumors that Roman Catholics had joined the suspected conspiracy and planned to murder Protestant inhabitants of the city only added to the general hysteria causing government executed seventeen New Yorkers was known as?
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