Puritanism Writing Characteristics
History of the Puritans
Salem Witch Trials
Puritan Beliefs
Potluck
100

Puritan writing had no room for untruth or crazy made-up stories and was about things that happened in their life. 

What is about everyday events/ non-fiction?

100

Where the Puritans left from

What is England?

100
The Salem Witch Trials

What is a series of accusations about witchcraft in Salem in the 1600's.

100

Original Sin

What is Adam and Eve eating the apple from the forbidden tree?

100

Three main forms of Puritan writing

What is histories, poetry, and journals?

200

Puritan writing was very serious with as little extra speech as possible. 

What is plain style, serious, with no flowery speech?

200

Where the Puritans settled

What is Massachusetts Bay?

200

Tituba

Who is a slave who was accused of witchcraft

200

Predestination

What is God determined your destiny before birth?
200
The saved were called

What is the "elect" or the "chosen"?

300

Looked through the Bible to see if there was any correlation to their own life.

What is made connections between Biblical stories and the author’s own life?

300

The name of the Puritan settlement

What is Plymouth?

300

Why were the trials so terrifying to outsiders?

Correct, as long as explained well. 

300

Contracts

What is an agreement between God and humans on how to behave?
300

Those not saved were called

What is the unregenerate?

400

Their work focused on things they believed in. 

What is reflected Puritan beliefs?

400

The Puritans wanted to create ...

What is a more pure church, focused only on God?

400

Year the witch trials began

What is 1692?

400

To get into heaven, you had to 

What is live as Godly as possible in hopes of being saved?

400

This new era of American history caused people to stray away from Puritanism.

What is the Enlightenment?

500

Examined their life for any possibility that God impacted them. 

What is looked for signs of God’s work in the author’s own life?

500

Led the Puritans over on their ship

Who is William Bradford?

500

If you were accused of witchcraft, you had three choices

What are plead guilty and repent, plead guilty and blame someone else, or plead innocent and go to trial?

500

These people had the most influence on the government

What is the "saved" or the "elect"?

500

This college was founded to train Puritan ministers.

What is Harvard?