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HIS 151, Learning Module 4: The Great Awakening, the French and Indian War, and moving toward Revolution Assignment Benjamin Franklin on George Whitefield (1771) 1. How did Benjamin Franklin react to Whitefield’s preaching? Explain. Franklin was skeptical to Whitefield’s idea of building an orphanage in Georgia and did not want to contribute for it at the beginning. But after he went to his sermons, he became more fascinated about his speaking and ended up donating all his money for the orphanage. 2. Franklin was skeptical of Whitefield to begin with, given his reaction, explain the impact the Great Awakening might have had on those who were more open to it. Franklin was skeptical towards Whitefield and his ideas but became more enthusiastic when hearing his sermons and made him contribute. From this, we can say that the Great Awakening might have had a huge impact on those who were more open to it. People would literally jumped into the religious sphere and become more passionate about the new spiritual movement.

Jonathan Edwards from “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” (1741) 3. How did Edwards conceive of hell? What did he think it was like? Edwards described hell as a wide and bottomless pit full of fire and people are hanging above it held by the hands of god. If they fall into it they would suffer for the eternity and there will be no end to the misery. 4. In Edwards’ view, what kept humans from hell? In Edwards’ view, the thing that kept humans from hell is the Hand of God. There is nothing between humans and hell and only the power and pleasure of god that holds them up 5. In Edwards’ view, how did God see humans? Why? In Edwards’ view, God sees humans as worthy as nothing else but to be cast into the fire and ten thousand times more that the most hateful venomous serpent. Because they offended him even if the only thing holding them from falling into the fire is his hand. 6. What were those who listened to Edwards’ sermon likely to do afterwards? Explain. Those who listened to Edwards’ sermon would be more afraid from god and respectful to him. They would be more devoted to the church and commit less sins.

7. Was Edwards' understanding of salvation democratic and open to all who believe? Why or why not? Yes, Edwards' understanding of salvation was democratic and open to all who believe because everyone could be saved if they turn toward Christianity.

Benjamin Franklin, Political Cartoon (1754) 8. What was the Albany Plan? The Albany Plan was a vision of colonial union to deal with common problems. 9. Explain what Franklin was attempting to express in this cartoon. Franklin was attempting to express that all colonies must join together to be stronger. If not, they would be weak and killed easily, so “JOIN or DIE”.

1765 Stamp Act Protest 10. According to the illustration, who (specifically) participated in Stamp Act protests? How would you describe the tone of the protest? Explain. Americans are those who participated in Stamp Act protests. The tone of the protest seems pretty angry and upset, because in the illustration we can see people raising their hand and sticks, some people watching from windows and smoke which comes from the destruction of the stamps, I guess.

Bostonian Sons of Liberty Tarring and Feathering the Excise-Man [tax collector]—Cartoon 11. Examine the faces, postures, and activities of the people represented. What do you think the artist was trying to convey regarding American colonists who protested excise taxes? Explain. The picture portrays a real incident of tarring and feathering tax collector. It was a ritual that supposed to scare and humiliate a tax collector or a British official. When looking at the patriots faces we can see them smiling and making fun of the feathered man when poring something in his mouth. The artist was trying to make them seem like they were evil and terrible people.

12. Given the portrayal, do you think the artist supported or disapproved of the American colonists’ protests? Explain. I think that the artist disapproved the American colonists’ protests because he was portraying the patriots as sinister individuals and he was showing a negative image of the colonists.

Paul Revere Etching of the Boston Massacre 13. How did Revere depict the Boston Massacre? Explain. Was his portrayal accurate? Explain.

Revere depicted the Boston Massacre as the British soldiers were shooting an unarmed crowd of colonists who could not defend themselves. His portrayal was inaccurate because what he depicted was not really what happened. Boston massacre was a result of street fight between soldiers and angry Bostonian mob.

14. What reaction was Revere hoping to encourage in those who viewed his etching? Why? Explain. Revere was hoping to encourage those who viewed his itching into rallying behind a separatist movement to gain independence. He was using his illustration as a propaganda to inflame the already tense relations between colonists and Britain. So, by showing soldiers who are shooting into an unarmed crown, he was encouraging colonists to join the resistance against the crowd.

Stamp Act Stamps 15. What symbols were on each of the stamps? What were these symbols meant to convey about the taxes the represented? Explain. The symbols that were on each of the stamps is the Crown and it is also imprinted “America”. The crown refers to the British Empire and the King, and America refers to the place the stamps are used. These stamps are used in all printed papers in America and this stamp act is imposed on all American a form of tax to pay to the British Empire. 16. Why might North American colonists have found those symbols objectionable? Explain. North American colonists have found those symbols objectionable because these symbols were a proof of the British absolute authority. The British Empire was using these stamps to collect money from the American colonists to cover the cost of keeping their soldiers in North America. And these stamps were giving the right to the British to tax everybody in America and challenge the authority of the local government.

Women Signing an Anti-Tea Agreement (1775) 17. How did this cartoon criticize/make fun of women who participated in colonial boycotts? Explain. Women’s participation in colonial boycotts were not taken seriously and it was unseen that women would be involved in politics. The cartoon shows the women in a chaotic and disorganized place which is not a place where to sign the agreement. We seem them distracted as if they did not care about the colonial boycotts. And the artist depicted them this way to show that women should not be involved in politics. 18. Using the portrayal of the women as evidence, what statements about colonial boycotts and colonists was the illustrator trying to make? Explain.

By the portrayal of the women not paying attention to what was going on, the illustrator show that the colonial boycotts were not taken seriously and the fact that women are signing these agreement shows that it is not worth worrying about it....