Historical Context
Native Americans
Pilgrims
Puritans
Terms/Misc
100

The social, political, cultural, economic, and environmental situations that influence events or trends during that time.

What is historical context?

100

"The Earth on Turtle's Back" originates from this Native Nation. 

Who are the Onondaga?

100
This writer later became the governor of Massachusetts for over 30 years. 

Who is William Bradford?

100
This notable writing style is found among works such as "To My Dear and Loving Husband" by Anne Bradstreet. 

What is Puritan Plain Style?

100
The belief that God predetermined the fate of every human being. 

What is predestination?

200
Who, what, when, where, and why. 

What are the questions to ask for historical context?

200

"The Earth on Turtle's Back" explains the origin of this. 

What is the world?
200

This holiday's first celebration is recorded in Of Plymouth Plantation.

What is Thanksgiving?

200

Paired, rhyming lines in a poem. 

What is a couplet?

200

This prefix literally translates to "god."

What is theo-?

300
Sect of Christianity that broken away from the Catholic Church. 

What is Protestantism?

300

Stories that are passed down within a culture that contain history, tradition, and wisdom. 

What is oral literature?

300

This document established a self-governing society for the first time in the New World. 

What is the Mayflower Compact?

300

A speech given from a pulpit in a house of worship. 

What is a sermon?

300

Sola Scriptura, the practice that the Bible is the ultimate authority, is Latin for this. 

What is "by Scripture alone?"

400

Event that ultimately led to the decline, genocide, and assimilation of Native Americans.

What is the Age of Exploration?

400

In the Onondaga, those tasked with holding ceremonies and keeping traditions alive. 

Who are Faith Keepers?

400

Of Plymouth Plantation is considered this type of resource. 

What is a primary source, narrative history, OR a manuscript?

400

Rhetoric, Aristotle's argumentative technique, is also called this. 

What is the art of persuasion?

400

This phrase can be used to write or identify logos. 

What is if/then/therefore?

500

Sect of Protestantism where the king of England is the head of the church. 

What is the Church of England/Anglican Church?

500

Collective past and events shared by a particular group or culture. 

What is shared history?

500

These two documents were famously influenced by the Mayflower Compact. 

What are the US Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution?

500

Coined by John Winthrop, a foundational, heightened philosophy of the Puritans. 

What is the City Upon a Hill?

500

A reference to a well-known thing or event of historical, literary, or cultural significance. 

What is an allusion?

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