Puritanism Writing Characteristics
Puritan writing had no room for untruth or crazy made-up stories and was about things that happened in their life.
What is about everyday events/ non-fiction?
Where the Puritans left from
What is England?
What is a series of accusations about witchcraft in Salem in the 1600's.
Original Sin
What is Adam and Eve eating the apple from the forbidden tree?
Three main forms of Puritan writing
What is histories, poetry, and journals?
Puritan writing was very serious with as little extra speech as possible.
What is plain style, serious, with no flowery speech?
Where the Puritans settled
What is Massachusetts Bay?
Tituba
Who is a slave who was accused of witchcraft
Predestination
What is the "elect" or the "chosen"?
Looked through the Bible to see if there was any correlation to their own life.
What is made connections between Biblical stories and the author’s own life?
The name of the Puritan settlement
What is Plymouth?
Why were the trials so terrifying to outsiders?
Correct, as long as explained well.
Contracts
Those not saved were called
What is the unregenerate?
Their work focused on things they believed in.
What is reflected Puritan beliefs?
The Puritans wanted to create ...
What is a more pure church, focused only on God?
Year the witch trials began
What is 1692?
To get into heaven, you had to
What is live as Godly as possible in hopes of being saved?
This new era of American history caused people to stray away from Puritanism.
What is the Enlightenment?
Examined their life for any possibility that God impacted them.
What is looked for signs of God’s work in the author’s own life?
Led the Puritans over on their ship
Who is William Bradford?
If you were accused of witchcraft, you had three choices
What are plead guilty and repent, plead guilty and blame someone else, or plead innocent and go to trial?
These people had the most influence on the government
What is the "saved" or the "elect"?
This college was founded to train Puritan ministers.
What is Harvard?