Vocabulary Match Up
What does Container mean?
Something that contains or holds something else.
Who were Rationalists?
Thinkers who used reason and logic instead of tradition or religion.
How many principles did Benjamin Franklin make?
13
Why did Native Americans and Puritans clash?
Europeans took land; Native Americans defended themselves.
What was the main difference between Puritan and Rationalist writing?
Puritans: Bible-based; Rationalists: Reason-based.
What does Trifling mean?
Unimportant; small things.
What were Puritan beliefs?
Adam and Eve doomed humanity. All are sinners.
What was the Age of Reason?
New answers using logic, not tradition or religion.
How did Smallpox affect America, and what solution was developed because of it?
Many died, but vaccination was developed.
How was Native American literature different from European literature?
Focused on animals, nature, oral tradition, myths, etc.
What does Versatile mean?
Adaptable; able to do many different things.
Who was an inventor, experimenter, scientist, and rationalist in the 1700s?
Benjamin Franklin.
Why is the Bible important?
Story of creation, human guidance, and morality.
Why were Puritans dominant in the early 1700s?
A lot of them and well-organized (talked good talk)
What are Captivity Narratives?
Biased stories of people captured by Native Americans.
What does Draft mean?
A gulp or swallow of liquid.
What was the Puritan legacy?
Purifying and shaping the new church in the New World.
What day and month did Thomas Jefferson die?
July 4th
What did the Salem Witch Trials lead to?
The decline of Puritan authority and more reliance on reason and facts.
Name an important/common animal in Native American culture.
Deer, buffalo, eagle, etc.
What does Arduous mean?
Difficult or hard to do.
Who wrote one of the first and well known captivity narratives in American Literature?
Mary Rowland
What years in the 1600s did the Puritans arrive in America?
1620
How did the Enlightenment influence America?
Encouraged reason, science, and political thought.
What did Captivity Narratives cause to happen?
They spread the idea that Native Americans were bad or evil, while Europeans were good and innocent — a belief that still shows up in some ways today.