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Group 1

The following questions refer to the passage below.
“In 1739 arrived among us from Ireland the Reverend Mr. [George] Whitefield, who had
made himself remarkable there as an itinerant preacher. He was at first permitted to preach in some of our churches; but the clergy, taking a dislike to him, soon refused him their pulpits,
and he was obliged to preach in the fields. The multitudes of all sects and denominations
that attended his sermons were enormous. . . . It was wonderful to see the change soon made
in the manners of our inhabitants. From being thoughtless or indifferent about religion, it
seemed as if all the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk thro’ the town in
an evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street.”
Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Question 1a

Short answer
Whitefield’s impact suggests that religious culture among British North American colonists in the 1700s was most directly shaped by what?
“In 1739 arrived among us from Ireland the Reverend Mr. [George] Whitefield, who had
made himself remarkable there as an itinerant preacher. He was at first permitted to preach in some of our churches; but the clergy, taking a dislike to him, soon refused him their pulpits,
and he was obliged to preach in the fields. The multitudes of all sects and denominations
that attended his sermons were enormous. . . . It was wonderful to see the change soon made
in the manners of our inhabitants. From being thoughtless or indifferent about religion, it
seemed as if all the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk thro’ the town in
an evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street.”
Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Question 1b

Short answer
The preaching described in the excerpt is an example of what development in the 1700s?
“In 1739 arrived among us from Ireland the Reverend Mr. [George] Whitefield, who had
made himself remarkable there as an itinerant preacher. He was at first permitted to preach in some of our churches; but the clergy, taking a dislike to him, soon refused him their pulpits,
and he was obliged to preach in the fields. The multitudes of all sects and denominations
that attended his sermons were enormous. . . . It was wonderful to see the change soon made
in the manners of our inhabitants. From being thoughtless or indifferent about religion, it
seemed as if all the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk thro’ the town in
an evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street.”
Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Group 2

The following questions refer to the passage below.
“The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of
man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over
her. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
“He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.
“He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice. . . .
“Having deprived her of this first right of a citizen, the elective franchise, thereby leaving
her without representation in the halls of legislation, he has oppressed her on all sides. . . .
“He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns.
Seneca Falls Convention, Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, 1848

Question 2a

Short answer
The ideas expressed in the excerpt most directly challenged what prevailing ideal in the early nineteenth century?
“The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of
man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over
her. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
“He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.
“He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice. . . .
“Having deprived her of this first right of a citizen, the elective franchise, thereby leaving
her without representation in the halls of legislation, he has oppressed her on all sides. . . .
“He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns.
Seneca Falls Convention, Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, 1848

Question 2b

Short answer
What development in the second half of the nineteenth century best represented the continuation of the ideas expressed in the declaration?
“The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of
man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over
her. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
“He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.
“He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice. . . .
“Having deprived her of this first right of a citizen, the elective franchise, thereby leaving
her without representation in the halls of legislation, he has oppressed her on all sides. . . .
“He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns.
Seneca Falls Convention, Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, 1848

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