Native American
Explorers
Plymouth Plantation
Puritans
Revolution
100
Myths, stories, songs, etc. passed down by word of mouth
What is oral literature?
100
It showed Columbus and his men that it was possible to return to Spain.
What is a "contrary wind"?
100
Writing style used by William Bradford and other Puritans
What is Puritan Plain Style?
100
His fiery sermon helped make him one of the leaders of The Great Awakening
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
100
America's most effective revolutionary propagandist
Who is Thomas Paine?
200
A narrative that explains the earliest beginnings of a people and their culture, the world as they know it, and how they first came into the world
What is a creation myth?
200
Englishman whose life was saved by Pocahontas
Who is John Smith?
200
They fell to their knees and gave thanks for a safe arrival.
What is the first action of the passengers of the Mayflower upon arriving at Plymouth?
200
His poems were not published until 210 years after his death
Who is Edward Taylor?
200
Sheets of paper covered with anonymous writings
What is a broadside?
300
Manito
What is the supernatural force, or spirit, believed by some Native American peoples to be the source of both good and evil?
300
To persuade people to move to the the Virginia colony
What is John Smith's A Description of New England?
300
Bradford considered him a "a special instrument sent from God" to help them.
Who is Squanto?
300
Her poems were filled with details of her personal life and religious life.
Who is Anne Bradstreet?
300
Published by Benjamin Franklin for 25 years
What is Poor Richard's Almanack?
400
American literature began with this group of people
What is Native Americans?
400
Kind of writing done by many of the explorers in order to keep a record of their travels and discoveries
What is a journal?
400
He was reelected 30 times as governor of the Plymouth colony.
Who is William Bradford?
400
They wanted to purify their lives and their church of what they saw as corruption.
What are the Puritans?
400
In 1773, she published what was probably the first book by a black American.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
500
Because the Europeans thought they had landed in the Indies, they gave this name to the people they met in the New World
What is Indian?
500
This English settlement mysteriously disappeared
What is Roanoke?
500
According to Bradford's writing, this percentage of the colonists died the first winter.
What is 50%?
500
The center of activity for the Puritan community
What is the family?
500
Probably the most document of the Revolutionary Period
What is the Declaration of Independence?
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