Puritans
Colonial America 1700s
Founding Documents
Early American Perspectives
Miscellaneous
100

This was the country Puritans came from.

What is England

100

This was a common slogan the colonists used to criticize King George's policy of taking money from Americans but not giving them a voice in government 

No taxation without representation

100

This was written during the Revolutionary War and outlines American ideals

What is The Declaration of Independence?

100

This was considered a motivational piece of propaganda written during a Revolutionary War defeat.

What is "The American Crisis?"

100

This was a genre of literature used to open the eyes of white Americans to the horrors of Slavery and therefore persuade them to fight against it.

What is a slave narrative?

200

This is the line/slogan from John Winthrop's speech that is most iconic and still used by politicians today.

"For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill"

200

This is what we called colonists who wanted to stay true to England rather than fight for independence.

Loyalists

200

According to the DOI, this is instituted amongst men and designed to protect rights.

What is a government?

200

This was written after the Revolutionary War was won and its goal was to identify America's identity in a very idealistic way.

What is Letters from an American Farmer or What is "What is an American?'"

200

This was the boat journey across the Atlantic made by enslaved Africans from 1600-1808.

What was the Middle Passage?

300

This was the title of the famous speech given aboard the Arbella by Puritan John Winthrop. 

What is "A Model of Christian Charity?"

300

This is what we called colonists who wanted to fight for independence.

Patriots

300

Antifederalists feared this gave the central government too much power.

What is the Constitution?

300

This is what happens to immigrants when they come to America according to Crevecoeur's metaphor.  

What is withering plants flourish?

300

This word means something that is a perfect standard and almost unattainable. 

What is an ideal?

400

This was the main reason Puritans came to America.


What is religious freedom? 


400

This was one of the reasons we won the Revolutionary War and "FRIED" the English army. 

Who are the French?

400

This was created as a compromise to please the Anti-Federalists.

What is the Bill of Rights

400

This is the word Equiano would likely use to describe his vision of America.

What is hypocritical?

400

This would be Handsome Lake's reaction to John Winthrop calling his plantation a "City Upon a Hill."

What is the hot mockery of laughter

500

This is the main difference between what John Winthrop meant in 1630 and what politicians mean today when they use Winthrop's famous slogan.

What is a religious example vs. an example of the best country/world leader/global example?

500

This was the first system of government set up after gaining independence 

What are The Articles of Confederation?

500

According to the BOR Preamble, this is the purpose of the BOR.

What is trust in one's government?/What is preventing the abuse of the Constitution?

500

This line from Equiano's narrative indicates white Christian Americans were hypocrites.

What is "Oh ye nominal Christians?"

500

This amendment in the Bill of Rights essentially gives the people the right to privacy.

What is the fourth amendment?