The Meeting Of Two Worlds
What did the earliest American writers mainly focus on?
Describing and trying to make sense of their challenging environment and the unfamiliar people with whom they shared it.
Where was the first permanent colony established?
Jamestown
Who are the Puritans?
They are a protestant group who sought to purify the church of England.
When did the Enlightenment start?
1700s
Many people began to worry about whose values being lost.
Puritans
How many different Native American cultures were there when the Europeans arrived in north America?
300
Who wrote the first writings of North America?
Christopher Columbus
why did Putitans record history?
they should be used to help people understand the bible and guide them.
T/F The Native Americans were cooperative with the Europeans until the were forced off their land
True
How did the North American colonies help support the England economy?
They exported row materials and imported manufactured goods.
Why did the Puritans leave England and head to the Americas?
They wanted to escape the persecution.
What did thinkers start questioning during the Enlightenment?
Who should hold the power in government
Which preacher tried to get people to rededicate themselves to the original Puritan vision?
Jonathan Edwards
What was a common activity all Native Americans did?
Storytelling
What did Culumbuse's adventures open a door to?
Spanish expeditions in the Americas.
What did Cotton Mather write about?
history of the colonies and fiery sermons on the dangers of sinful ways.
How did William Bradford describe North America?
“A hideous and desolate wilderness, full of wild beasts and wild men”
Why did Great Britain try to tax the colonists?
They wanted to recover the money they used for the war.
Why do the Puritans want to create a new order in America?
They Believe that god had chosen them to do so.
What shaped the American Enlightenment?
the political writings of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Paine
What was the First Great Awakening?
It was a time when a new wave of religious enthusiasm began to rise.
T/F Native American Cultures had a written language.
False
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What was the first book issued in the North American colonies?
Bay Psalm Book
What did the Native Americans think the first ship they saw was?
A walking island
When did the colonists declare themselves free and independent?
1776
What did the Puritans believe the bible could do for humans?
Help them through the torments of human weakness.
How did the Enlightenment help the colonists?
What did people believe was helping Americans set a new standard for an ethical life?
People believed a higher power was helping America.
What type of story can be found in all Native American cultures?
who wrote vivid accounts of New England and the Iroquois?
Samuel de Champlain
What did poetry mean to a lot of Puritan writers?
a means of exploring the relationship between the individual and god.
What was recorded as a historical turning point in diaries, letters, and reports back home?
When the world of the Europeans first intersected with that of the Native Americans.
What did Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and other colonial thinkers write?
The Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.
What was seen as a sign that god was working within someone?
Hard work, thrift, and responsibility
what government did thinkers point towards?
A government in which people consent to government limitations in exchange for basic rights and liberties
What is similar between The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening?
Both caused people to question traditional authority.
How do the ancestors and heroes of Native Americans live in the people?
what did the writing of early settlers do to people living in England?
It allowed them to imagine what life was like.
What do Bradstreet's poems reflect?
Her wide learning, deep faith, and love for her husband and children.