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William Tennent

Scottish religious leader
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  • Map showing English colonies along the eastern coast of North America in 1689
    American colonies
    / Rights in the colonies

    …in the middle colonies by William Tennent, who came from Scotland to preach with fervor and to establish a “log college” in Pennsylvania for training other zealous clergymen; and in Georgia by the indefatigable George Whitefield, who soon began touring other colonies and cast his spell everywhere over immense audiences.…

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    …in the middle colonies by William Tennent, who came from Scotland to preach with fervor and to establish a “log college” in Pennsylvania for training other zealous clergymen; and in Georgia by the indefatigable George Whitefield, who soon began touring other colonies and cast his spell everywhere over immense audiences.…

    Read More