Important People
Wrote the New World's first Captivity Narrative
Who is Mary Rowlandson?
Rowlandson showed this emotion towards the Native Americans that captured her.
The colonists mostly wrote about this when they first came to the New World
What is difficulty/suffering?
Mary Rowlandson's main theme in her captivity narrative
What is God's Sovereignty
Published his journal which described civil liberty like a wife's submission to her husband
Who is John Winthrop?
The Anglicans founded this colony.
Jamestown, Virginia
The main move behind early migrations
Emphasizing God's providential care for the colonists is the theme of this man's writing.
John Winthrop
Wrote about his experiences in the third person to sound unbiased
Who is John Smith?
The two ideals the Tree of Great Long Leaves symbolized.
What are peace and strength?
After getting established, the colonists focused their writings predominately on this subject matter.
What is religious subject matter?
Who is Williams?
The collective name of the five tribes of the Iroquois Constitution
Who is the 5 Nations?
The name of the war that occurred during Rowlandson's captivity narrative.
What is King Phillip's War?
Towards the end of the eighteenth century, colonist wrote with this world view.
Took over as governor when he landed in the New World and served in this position for seven years.
Who is William Bradford?
The relationship described as similar to that of a wife to her husband or the church's submission to Christ.
What is civil and federal liberty?
John Smith urged Englishman to show their faith by doing this.
Converting the "poor savages"
Author who's theme is we should not treasure our earthly possessions
Who is Bradstreet?