Chapter 4

Quiz for Document 4-3: Charles Woodmason, Journal (1766–1768)

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Question 1

The excerpt from Charles Woodmason’s journal reflects a critique of Carolina society that emphasizes the

Question 2

Woodmason refers to a leftover “Republican spirit” and the legacy of “Lord Shaftsbury” when complaining about the Carolina elite’s lack of concern in supporting Anglicanism. The event in seventeenth century England pitting republicanism and puritanism against Anglican authority was the

Question 3

What ethnic group in South Carolina does Woodmason, an Anglican cleric, show particular disdain toward, claiming the elite were allowing it to weaken the Established (Anglican) Church?

Question 4

Woodmason claims to have unsuccessfully tried to break backwoods women of which day-to-day habit?

Question 5

What might Woodmason’s language in reference to Mr. Whitefield and his orphanage reveal about the Established Church’s attitude toward the phenomenon known as the Great Awakening?