what type of beliefs was this period dominated by?
What are Puritan beliefs
100
Who was the author of The First Voyage to America?
Who is Christopher Columbus
100
Who was the Author of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?"
who is Johnathan Edwards
100
Were Puritans loud, crazy, and outlandish people?
What is ... no
200
Why is the poem titled "Huswifery?"
What is Taylor telling us that we are about to read about housework and domesticity
200
What genre were most of the books in this Period?
What is nonfiction
200
what island did Christopher Columbus first land on?
What is San Salvador
200
who was the author of "To My Dear and Loving Husband"
who is Anne Bradstreet
200
what Puritan-inspired book is Nathaniel Hawthorne most famous for?
What is The Scarlet Letter
300
What is the Subject of "Huswifery?"
What is Taylor petitioning God to make him a tool of sorts, namely a spinning wheel, then later, a loom
300
What were the four things the Colonial/Puritan period focused on?
What are the daily lives of people, Puritan moral attitudes, political unrest, and historical events
300
what does the author spend a majority of the first portion of the journal doing?
What is describing the landscape
300
who is the Author of "Huswifery?"
Who is Edward Taylor
300
What did Puritans believe would draw people away from the church?
What is science
400
what is the theme of "Huswifery?"
what is much like Taylor, the reader should seek God and be spiritually close to him because once you find God you will be, “Clothed in holy robes for glory” (closer to God)
400
Name four of the eight basic characteristics of Puritanism
What are
1.Reinforced the teachings of the Bible
2.Predestination
3.Everyone is sinful
4.Spiritual meaning in simple happenings
5.Valued family, life, community service, art, & literature 6.Believed science would draw people away from the church
7.Searched daily life for “signs” from God
8.Separation from worldly pleasures
400
what group of people did Christopher Columbus first encounter?
who are the Tainos
400
who is the Author of "Of Plymouth Plantation?"
who is William Bradford
400
What years were the Colonial/Puritan Literary Movement?
What are 1620-1750
500
what does the yarn represent, and what does Taylor mean when her says "the yarn is fine?"
What is God’s Word, and it’s too fragile and precious for him (or any person) to handle
500
Name five of the seven types of Literature in the period
What are Sermons, Diaries, Personal Narratives, Religious Poetry, Satirical Essays, Autobiographies, and Captive Narratives
500
what three things were the incentive for the journeys of Christopher Columbus?
What are a faster route to India and China, gold, and lands/people to colonize