HIST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Albany Congress, George Whitefield
4 Nov 2016
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Lots of young people (18-30 years old) engaged in movement. George whitfield and johnathan edwards at forefront of the great awakening. Whitfield very descriptive (visual) writer, spoke with power. However, after hearing whitfield speak he wrote an apologetic letter where he described how bright / great of a writer he was. 1740-1760s was a period of international war between britain and france. France claims a large portion of central north america. French only have 60,000 people while english has 2,000,000 people. French used indian allies when battling for territory against english. French charged trading partners a lot more for goods than english did. However, they would sort of merge (embrace) into indian culture and marry their people. Cleveland and pittsburgh started the first global war. It was a location battle started by george. His men and him started firing at french settlements in pittsburgh. Charles ii king of spain died and gave his crown to french prince philip v.
