"For hunting also, the woods, lakes, and rivers afford not only chase sufficient...but such beasts to hunt, that besides the delicacy of their bodies for food, their skins are so rich, as they will recompense thy daily labor with a Captain's pay."
What is not Puritanism?
100
What was the style known as during the Puritan Colonial Era?
What is Puritan Plain Style?
100
Where did the first Puritans come from?
What is England?
100
Why did the Puritans come over to America from England?
What is to purify the Church of England?
100
Who wrote the short story "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?
What is Jonathan Edwards?
200
"I, starting up, the light did spy,/ And to my God my heart did cry/ To strengthen me in my distress/ And not to leave me succorless."
What is Puritanism?
200
What was the Puritan's writing usually alluding to?
What is the Bible?
200
What region did the first Puritans settle in America?
What is New England?
200
Name one reason why the Puritan Colonial Era end?
What is the Salem Witch Trials, immigrants, younger generations, and revivalists preachers.
200
Who wrote the poem "Upon a Spider Catching a Fly"?
What is Edward Taylor?
300
"You have offended him infinitely more than ever a stubborn rebel did his prince; and yet it is nothing but his hand that holds you from falling into the fire every moment.
What is Puritanism?
300
What is a trait of Puritanism showing their practical writing that served a purpose without any figurative language?
What is utilitarianism?
300
What did the Puritans refer to America as?
What is "City on a Hill"?
300
Why did the Puritans lead such a structured and sheltered life without much freedom?
What is the universal sinfulness of man?
300
Who wrote the story "Of Plymouth Plantation"?
What is William Bradford?
400
"It was a tender and heart-dissolving prayer, full of sorrow, yet so imbued with celestial hopes, that the music of a heavenly harp, swept by the fingers of the dead, seen faintly to be heard among the saddest accents of the minister."
What is not Puritanism?
400
What is pre- destination?
What is the belief that God determined your fate of either going to Heaven or Hell before you were born?
400
What years did the Puritan Colonial Era take place?
What is 1620-1750?
400
Why did the previous era end?
What is America began to colonize and Puritans began to write?
400
How were the Puritan values shown through their writings?
What is industriousness, sobriety, temperance, and simplicity? They lead very strict and hardworking lives that left very little room for fun activities. This left very little room for leading a life of temptation.
500
"But in examining of all opinions, the master and others affirmed they knew the ship to be strong and firm under water; and for the buckling of the main beam, there was a great iron screw the passengers brought of Holland, which would raise the beam into his place;"
What is Puritanism?
500
Name one influence that the Puritans left on America.
What is education, work ethic, capitalism, land ownership, guilt complex, material wealth, censorship, and Sunday as a day of rest?
500
What eras came before and after the Puritan Colonial Era?
What is Pre- Colonial and Age of Reason?
500
Why was there such a high literacy rate with the Puritans?
What is they were forced to read the Bible?
500
How was the American Dream appealing to people during this time?
What is they knew that their future in America would be better than their past in England?