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colony to country
First established town was Jasmestown.
Once in the American soil, colonies became increasingly self-reliant & practiced local self-rule -
Puritans
Puritans were a group of English Protestants who sought to Purify the Church of England.
Many left the country for America to escape persecution.
Puritan settlers belived themselves chosen by God to create a new order in America.
Puritans values directed every aspect of their lives.
Puritans tended to be flexible in their religious faith & intolerant of viewpoints other than their own. -
Puritan Poetry
Edward Taylor & Anne Bradstreet saw poetry as a mean of exploring the relationship between the indivdual and God.
Bay Pslam Book, The Bible's Pslams were rewritten to fit thr rhyms of familiar Puritan hymns -
Cape Town
The Dutch found Cape Town on the Southern Tip of South Africa -
War
The Puritan's Victory in King Philip's War ends Native American resistance in New England colonies. -
Death
During the time of the Salaem Witch Trials many innocnent people were put to death. No one really knew how this wholel thing started. -
News
The Boston Newsletter, the first newpaper, is established fot all to read. -
Population
THe colonial population reches about a half million; Boston's population is about 12,000. -
Jonathan Edwards
This man delivers a sermon called the "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
This sermon typifies a religious movement -
Great Awakening
The First Great Awakening united colonist who were in other ways diverse.
Jonathan Edwards called for people to rededicate themselves to the original Puritan vision. -
Loyalty to England
French Indian War- France allied with Native American to drive the British out of North America.
They supported England economically by exporting raw materials to the homeland & importing Britain's manufactured goods.
After the war Great Britian claime all of North America east of the Mississippi River. -
Enlightenment
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, & Thomas Paine shaped the American Enlightenment.
People were begining to question who should hold the power in the government. -
A Break with England
Great Britian treid to tax the coloniest to recover some of the money spent on the war.
They ended up losing more than what the war costed
This was the year that the colonies declared to be free and independent
The colonies deated of of the greatest military powers on earth at the time.
They turned what thought wasnt possible into reality, their declaration. -
Propaganda
Two thousand pamphalers were published.
These "little books" were inexpensive & it stired up debate with the growing discontent with the british rule -
Independence
Benjamin Franklin & Thomas Jefferson formed the Declaration of Independence & the Constitutionof the U.S. was formed and approved.
United States of America was born.