A member of a rich and powerful family

Families or persons who received passage to the New World promising to pay any remaining balance for their passage when they arrived. If family and friends already in America could not pay the remainder for them, an aristocratic family would pay for them and they would enter into indentured servitude until the debt was paid.

Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years (usually 4-7); typically young men; received "freedom dues" upon completion.

a family where the father is the head of the household with authority over the rest of the family and any household servants; a society lead by a man or group of men

private schools run by women (young & single or widowed) in their own homes

colonial school equivalent to elementary and middle school that hired a teacher to teach reading, math, rhetoric (persuasive writing/speaking), and philosophy

a paddle-shaped board to which was attached a printed sheet containing the alphabet and usually the Lord's Prayer or a Scripture verse; the sheet was covered with a transparent layer of animal horn to protect it

An early colonial education law that required New England towns of at least fifty households to provide education for youth, so that they might read their Bibles. The town would pay for the schoolhouse and the teacher.

First college in New World. Established by Puritans to train ministers.

an arrangement, common in Europe, in which an adolescent "novice" serves under contract to a "master" who has substantial experience in a profession, and through working under the master, learns the skills required to enter the profession; Often the apprentice would live with the master

Puritans who wanted each individual church to run its own affairs and not be lead by a bishop

Agreement allowing unconverted children of church members to be baptized. It signified a waning of religious zeal among second and third generation Puritans.

Anglican system of providing a home and small plot of land for a pastor who would serve the local communities

followers of the early reformer John Huss; persecuted in Germany and the colonies, these Christians did not believe in fighting wars, but did believe strongly in missionary work

Religious revival in the American colonies of the eighteenth century during which a number of new Protestant churches were established

An American theologian and congregational clergyman whose sermons stirred the religious revival (Great Awakening); known for "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon.

Virginia preacher who became the greatest revivalist in the southern colonies during the Great Awakening

English preacher whose tour of the English colonies attracted big crowds and sparked the Great Awakening; often had to preach in fields because his crowds were too large to fit in local churches.

A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of science and reason to find truth; resulted in people abandoning God's truth in favor of things they found more logical.

A popular Enlightenment era belief that there is a God, but that God isn't involved in people's lives

Philosophy that denies the Trinity (Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit) and argues that God is one entity. Since they do not believe Jesus was God, they do not accept salvation through his blood. They rely on a moral life to earn acceptance by God.

best known missionary to the Indians