George Whitefield

George Whitefield is an amazing guy. i knew he was part of the Great Awakening but i didn't know that he preached 4 or 5 times a day! also i didn't know that he didn't use a megaphonne, his voise had to be so loud!

The Moravians

Haha first of all sorry about the three empty posts.......i had a little bit of a hard time with this blog!!
Anyways, The Moravians! The Moravians were really cool people. For our project i have been reading a lot about Charles and John Wesley as well as some people who i had never heard of like James Hutton and Peter Boehler. These men really impacted America and basically started the Great Awakening! I found it really interesting to learn about how these men all changed throughout the course of their lives! They all went through hard times and times when they felt like they were alone but in the end they ended up influencing America in amazing ways.

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The Moravions

David Brainerd

Did you guys know that David Brainerd only preached for 4 or 5 years, and died when he was 29? I didn't know he died so young.

This is a history blog.....

Just a reminder to people who might forget....... there is no campaigning allowed on this blog. And I am above copying the Talor for president thing...

george whitefield

George was a very interesting guy. he did lots of things in his life. he went oxford but was forced to leave because of his health. George he also became ordained by bishop Benson. George was also an outstanding preacher! he preached all over the place and led lots of people to god. he was a good christian...

TAYLOR FOR PRESIDENT

A VOTE FOR TAYLOR IS A VOTE FOR TRUE HOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A VOTE FOR TAYLOR IS A VOTE FOR TRUE HOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jonathan Edwards

ok, this guy was pretty cool. he's super smart, HE WENT TO YALE AT THE AGE OF THIRTEEN, NOT KIDDING, LOOK IN YOUR HISTORY BOOKS, PAGE 58.......anyway, the book said that he played a key role in the GREAT AWAKENING. like, it said that he preached on of the most known revival sermons of all time, " SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD"

Below, is the adress so, you can listen to it....just to get an idea of what it was like, i'm listening to it now....it is pretty good, it's not actually him speaking, and it's kindof monotone though....but i think that is what it was like back then.....well, here is the adresss......

http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=770213541

Our Changing Government

When the founding fathers made the constitution they had no idea that in the future, people would twist their words into allowing homosexuality and abortion. Homosexuality was never allowed in the colonial times and abortion wasn't even thought of. We really need to pray that these issues would be ended in America and that Americans would remember and return to how they were before.

David Brainerd

As some of you know I got David Brainerd as my topic, and let me tell you, he was an amazing man! In his first attempt to reach a fierce tribe of Indians they had heard that Brainerd was coming and sent out a war party to kill him. They found him praying to GOD, but before they could to anything a rattlesnake slithered out of the bushes. It looked like it was about to bite him, but then it stopped and slithered back into the bushes. The Indians were amazed by this and welcomed him to there tribe as one who was in touch with the great spirit. This is just one of many amazing stories in his life. Here's a link to a site that I found: http://www.wholesomewords.org/missions/biobrain.html

David Brainerd

Here's some really interesting biographies of David Brainerd:

http://www.wholesomewords.org/missions/ibrainerd.html

The first one is short and talks about his life in the mission field, talking to Indians about Jesus.

Colonial Clothes

This is a kids site on colonial clothes. It might help if you want to add more details to your stories before Friday.

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/clothing/styles1700s.htm

Food

Here's some interesting foods that they ate in Colonial times.
http://www.history.org/almanack/life/food/foodhdr.cfm

The House of Burgesses

Here's something I found out about the House of Burgesses in the New World:

In 1617, the officers of the Virginia Company of London embarked upon a series of reforms designed to attract more people to the troubled settlement. They began by ending the company monopoly on land ownership, believing that the colonists would display greater initiative if they had an ownership position on the venture. The changes encouraged private investment from the colony's settlers which allowed them to own their own land rather than simply being sharecroppers. Four large corporations, termed citties [sic], were designated to encompass the developed portion of the colony. Company officials also made justice in Virginia more predictable by adopting English Common Law as the basis of their system, which replaced the whims of the governor as the final voice on legal matters. In 1620, in an effort to create a more stable society, the company dispatched a boatload of marriageable women to the colony; the going rate was 120 pounds of tobacco for each bride. The women did not know that they would get married.^{[citation needed]}

The changes in 1619 also created a legislative body to be selected by the colonists called the House of Burgesses, similar to the British Parliament, that would meet once annually at Jamestown. (In Bermuda, previously part of Virginia, the House of Assembly was created that same year).

I got this from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Burgesses

New Hampshire

Since my historical fiction story is about New Hampshire, here's a bit of info about the history of the state:

English and French explorers visited New Hampshire in 1600–1605, and English fishermen settled at Odiorne's Point in present-day Rye in 1623. The first permanent settlement was at Hilton's Point (present-day Dover). By 1631, the Upper Plantation comprised modern-day Dover, Durham and Stratham; in 1679, it became the "Royal Province."
By the time of the American Revolution, New Hampshire was a divided province. The economic and social life of the Seacoast revolved around sawmills, shipyards, merchant's warehouses, and established village and town centers. Wealthy merchants built substantial homes, furnished them with the finest luxuries, and invested their capital in trade and land speculation. At the other end of the social scale, there developed a permanent class of day laborers, mariners, indentured servants, and even slaves.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire#History

I found this very interesting, especially the fact that there were slaves even in New Hampshire.