London Company Company in London. Encouraged settlers to move to the colonies by telling them of all the gold they could find there. They paid for the passage over with the agreement that they would find gold and send it back to London Company.

The Great Awakening Religious movement in the colonies during the 1700’s. Traveling ministers preached that inner religious emotion was more important than outward religious behavior. Colonial culture changed because colonists began to argue over religious practices & leave their church for the Protestant one. They also welcomed all people, regardless of race or gender. This movement also impacted the ideas of representative government.

The Enlightenment A movement that emphasized reason and science as the paths to knowledge. Benjamin Franklin was a famous American Enlightenment figure. John Locke, a philosopher and Enlightenment figure applied the idea of natural law – people have unalienable rights (which the government should protect).