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1st prominent female American writer
What is Mary Rowlandson
100
Author who focused on himself and his adventures, giving us an inaccurate look at colonial stories
What is John Smith
100
One author who wrote a journal/diary
What is Byrd, Winthrop, Sewall
100
Colony John Smith helped
What is Jamestown/Virginia
100
1 thing that changed in the literary works in America
What is form, content, worldview, purpose, style
200
Author who was a lawyer
What is Winthrop
200
Writer who focused on God's goodness in the Plymouth colony
What is Bradford
200
Two themes Puritans brought to the new world
What is American innovator and leader, Christian worldview
200
Colony William Bradford helped
What is Plymouth
200
Caused the colonies to distrust Britain
What is French and Indian War; economic unrest; taxation without representation
300
Known as the first Yankee
What is Samuel Sewall
300
Author who wrote about his life and showed how little work people did in Jamestown
What is Byrd
300
3 types of change in this time period
What is religious, social, political, literary
300
Two Indians that helped Jamestown
What is Pocahontas and Powhatan
300
Document that led to decline of faith in the Puritan church members
What is Halfway Covenant
400
Wrote "A General History"
What is John Smith
400
Describe the difference of reaction to tragedy displayed by Sewall and Rowlandson
Answer wil vary
400
Two religions battling for prominence during this time
What is Puritanism, Deism
400
John Winthrop's colony
What is Massachusetts Bay Colony
400
Explain what a "transitional colonist" is
Not quite British, not quite American
500
Describe John Smith's character and give 2 examples why you think what you think.
Answers will vary
500
Describe what Winthrop's writings were focused on
What is the law, liberty, rules
500
All writers we have studied from MBC
What is Winthrop, Rowlandson, Sewall
500
This colony had the first Thanksgiving
What is Plymouth
500
Name of the Indian leader who led the attack against Mary Rowlandson
What is King Philip