Wealthy aristocrat who gave us a comparison view between England and America
Who is William Byrd II?
100
The prevailing style of writing during the period
What is English style since the colonists were British subjects.
100
One reason to write in all settlements
What is to record history?
100
The reason for the name, Puritanism
What is their attempt to Purify the Church of England?
200
Any writing which records events
What is a chronicle?
200
He hoped to prove that witchcraft did exist.
Who is Cotton Mather?
200
Dates for the Colonial Period, the longest span of America's literary movements
What is 1607 to 1765?
200
Drama, novels and short stories
What wasn't produced in America at this time?
200
The two focal religious beliefs of the Puritans
What are original sin and predestination?
300
A daily account of one's life including personal reactions
What is a diary?
300
First systematic philosopher
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
300
Even though native American material predates the Colonial Period, this event does mark the colonization of America.
What is the Jamestown settlement?
300
This first fictional character (1) appeared but the work in which he appeared (2) was not fiction.
What is Richard Saunders in Poor Richard's Almanac?
300
Belief that God can remove original sin from individuals before they're born
What is predestination?
400
A word's dictionary definition
What is denotation?
400
First noteworthy American poet
Who is Anne Bradstreet?
400
This even changed the way the colonists regarded England as their mother country.
What is the Stamp Act?
400
Wilderness, disease and the Indians
What are the 3 major topics of writing at the beginning of the Colonial Period?
400
The manner in which they organized their community
What is an armed camp?
500
The diary because of its intended audience
What is the most intimate type of autobiography?
500
Two authors often compared in terms of historical accuracy, the first considered to be the most accurate historian of the Colonial Period, the second far from that but the most well known
Who are William Bradford and John Smith?
500
An often studied time of mass hysteria
What is the Salem Witch Trials?
500
Two genre at the beginning of the period and two genre at the end
What are diaries, journals, letters and newspapers, almanacs, and essays. (Poetry also allowed for either time period.)
500
The reason why they believed everyone had to follow the rules of the community
What is the belief that everyone was collectively saved?