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English III
The Colonial Period
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English
10th Grade
09/20/2010

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The Native Americans were told _____. They thought of the European settlers as ____.
Definition
orally, friends
Term
What are two types of Pilgrims?
Definition
Seperatist and Puritans(Pilgrims)
Term
Who were the seperatist?
Definition
Opted to draw out of the England church instead of Reforming. (Pilgrims)
Term
Who were the Puritans?
Definition
Wanted to reform the england church.
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Pilgrims arrived in _____ in ___,___. on the ____.
Definition
1620; Plymouth, Mass.; Mayflower
Term
The ____ eventually took over the ___.
Definition
Puritans, Seperatist
Term
The pilgrims believed in a ___ government.
Definition
Theocracy
Term
___ was important for both men and women.
Definition
Education
Term
_______ was founded in 1636 to ensure the colony would be god-educated.
Definition
Harvard
Term
What are puritan beliefs?
Definition
people exist for glory of god

Bible = God's will

Predestination: God knows where theyre going

Good accomplished through hardwork & self-discipline
Term
What puritan beliefs are also basic american virtues?
Definition
Hard work, self-improvemtn, self-reliance, frugality
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_______ were not that great in the north but represented wealth in the south.
Definition
Large Plantations
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Southern Planation owners were members of ________.
Definition
The Church of England
Term
The first American literature was ___. And it was the ____ ____.
Definition
Oral, Native Americans
Term
Native American stories are ____. They are ____.
Definition
False, poetic
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____ writing was dominated by religion. It is ____ and ___. The writing is in "___ ___ style"
Definition
Puritan, Spiritual and Relgious, Puritan Plain Style
Term
What is "Puritan Plain Style"?
Definition
Simple, Straightforward, and spare. It has direct statements, short words, and reference to everyday objhects. GODS WILL
Term
Writing is unacceptable for ___.
Definition
women
Term
It was alot of ____. There was no ___ or ___ because is was seen as ____.
Definition
Journals; fiction or drama; sinful
Term
The Southerners were not opposed to ___ or ___ like the north.
Definition
drama & fiction
Term
_____ ____ traveled to America on the mayflower. He was elected ____ of Plymouth. Re-Elected how many times? He was a ______. He began writing what? and how long did it take him?
Definition
William Bradford; Governer; of Plymouth Plantation; 30; Seperatist; "Of Plymouth Plantation"; 20 years
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What is of Plymouth Plantation? Who wrote it? What style is it in?
Definition
Story of the voyage and settlement of the pilgrims; first hand narative

William Bradford

It is in Puritan Plain Style
Term
Anne Bradstreet is the 1st ________ ___ ___ ___. How old was she when she got to the US? Who was her hubby? Where did she live? Where is she from? How many children did she have? What is she known for? What style is it in? What is the poem we read in Class & why is it unsual?
Definition
Female american poet; 18; Simon; Massachusetts Bay Colony; Northampton, England; 8; writing; Puritan Plain Style; "To my dear and loving husband" IT WASNT ADDRESSED TO GOD
Term
Johnathan Edwards waw born in ______. He entered ___ at age ____. The became the ____. He got a ____ degree. Leaders in the ___ ___. He told them ____ stories which made _____.
Definition
Connecticut; Yale; 13; Valedictorian; Theology; Great Awakening; Violent storie; hysteric
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