Vocabulary Match-Up
What does Personable mean?
Able to get along with anyone; friendly.
What were Puritan beliefs?
Everyone born into sin, humanity is doomed, all are sinners.
How many principles did Franklin make?
13
Why did Native Americans and Puritans clash?
Land disputes and cultural conflict.
One difference: Puritan vs Rationalist writing.
Bible vs Reason focus.
What does Prattle mean?
To talk, chatter, or rant on and on.
What was the Puritan legacy?
Shaping American religion and culture through strict morality.
Benjamin Franklin was 1 out of how many siblings?
17
Why were Puritans dominant?
Population size and community structure.
What are the items Benjamin Franklin was running down the street with in Philadelphia?
Clothes in pockets, 1 bread in mouth, and 2 bread under each arm.
What does Inoculation mean?
Giving someone a vaccine.
Who wrote Poor Richard’s Almanack?
Benjamin Franklin.
Why were the Quakers called “Quakers”?
Because they “trembled” or shook when they had religious meetings.
What effect did Franklin’s inventions have?
Improved daily life and advanced science.
What are Captivity Narratives?
Biased accounts of people captured by Native Americans.
What does Abode mean?
A place to stay; a home.
Who mainly wrote the Declaration of Independence and was the 3rd president of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson.
What was the name of the conflict between Native Americans and English settlers in 1675–1676?
King Philip’s War
How did Puritan values shape the American government?
Them believing no single person or group of people should be trusted to run the government because all people are “bad”.
What was a key theme of Rationalist writing?
Liberty, natural rights, reason.
What does Deism mean?
The belief that people are naturally orderly and good.
During what war was Mary Rowlandson taken captive by Native Americans?
King Philip’s War.
What document announced the colonies’ independence from Britain?
The Declaration of Independence.
What political results came from Enlightenment thought?
Natural rights and independence movements.
What role did animals play in Native American stories?
Sacred, symbolic, central to culture.