Settlers
The New World was settled by which two nationalities?
English & Spanish
The purpose of southern writing was often
to amuse and entertain.
In the selection, “What Happened Til the First Supply," Indians are referred to as what?
savages
Was Anne Bradstreet formally or informally educated?
informally educated (by her father)
Why was Jonathan Edwards fired by his congregation?
He named names/called out members of the congregation.
The Spanish most often established
forts and missions
Because there was a lack of schools in the South, the southerners did what with their children?
John Smith was a soldier who had fought in the countries of ____________ and ____________, starting his military career in his teenage years.
Turkey and France
The subject of Puritan writing was __________ and the purpose was to _____________.
religion; instruct
According to the speaker in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” what keeps sinners out of hell even as we speak?
Only _____ of 105 settlers survived their first winter in the New World.
32
What was the Puritans’ chosen form of government?
a theocracy
In the selection, “What Happened Til the First Supply,” we learn that during their first winter, the Puritans ate mostly what?
sturgeon & sea crabs
In the poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband,” the author claims that her husband means more to her than what?
whole mines of gold
How does the minister of “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” deliver his sermon?
loud, shouting, etc.
List at least 3 reasons people settled in the New World.
Adventure (Glory)
Religious Freedom (God)
Resources (Gold)
What was the title of the first book published in the New World?
The Bay Psalm Book
Whom or what does the author of “What Happened Til the First Supply” blame for his group’s misfortunes on the voyage to Virginia?
The Virginia Council in London (the group in charge of the experiment)
In order to satisfy the prevailing rules about writing, the author of “To My Dear and Loving Husband” must add an element of ___________ to the poem.
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” was preached during a time called __________, an effort to bring the earliest Americans back to a more godly way of life.
the Great Awakening
List at least 3 problems the English faced in the New World.
Indian attacks
Rotten Tents
Rats & Diseases
No Food
Name the first 3 Puritan settlements in the north.
Jamestown, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Whom or what does the author of “What Happened Til the First Supply” credit with saving the group of settlers from starvation?
God & Pocahontas
Because the poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband” has such careful rhyme, meter, and beautiful descriptions, it can be categorized as this type of poem.
lyric poem
To what are humans compared in the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”? List at least 3.
spiders, insects, serpents, rock falling through a spider's web, the damned, etc.