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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
Colonialism Part 2
The 18th Century is often characterized as the Age of Reason.
Logical reasoning was a major technique used by writers of this period. Writing offered sound, clear arguments in suppor of the causes. Personal writing also showed the reasoning process.
The Colonists believed that people are by nature good, not evil.
The Colonists also bleived in free will, which is the opposite of predestination.
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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
Colonialism (Colonial America) (No exact dates found)
American Literature during this time perio was mostly political, and it came in the form of pamphlets, speeches, and newspapers.
The topics of their literature centered on politics: relations with Great Britain and the nature of government.
Americans were still not writing any fiction or drama.
The Style of writing in most Colonial pieces can be best described as persuasive.
Unlike the private soul-searching of Purtians, much of what was produced by Colonist was public writing. -
The Pilgrims Journey on the Mayflower
A merchant ship called the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth hoping to find the new land. The trip there was harsh with storms, diseases, to many people aboard, and also not enough resources. There were 102 passengers. -
The Pilgrims' Arrival in the New World
Arrived in the morning around Provincetown on the tip of Cape Cod. This is before they decided to move to Plymouth. Many of the pilgrims were weak and tired from the long trip. Some were sick and others were dying. Even though it was a long trip many were glad they came and made it. -
The Puritans' Arrival in th eNew World
The Puritans wrote mostly historical/factual documents, poems, sermons.
The topics of their literature centered on self reflection, the glorification of God, and sin and redemption.
They did not write fiction or drama, which were considered sinful.
The Puritans' style of writing can best be descrbed as plain.
They valued clarity of conten over a clever style. An ornate or clever style would be a sign of vanity, which was a sin. -
Puritans Arive part 2
The Puritans believed in predestination or Calvinism, John Calvin's doctrine that God has already decided who will achieve salvation and who will not. The elect, or saints, who are to be saved cannot take election for granted, however. Because of that, all devout Purtains searched their souls with great rigor and fequency for signs of grace.
The Puritans also beleived in original sin and felft that they would accomplish good only through continual hard workd and self discipline. -
William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation
The author of course is William Bradford. He was governor of the colony for 31 years. His book goes through the years 1620-1647. He died 6 years after he published his great book. It discusses the life of the Pilgrims. What the trip was like. What the lifestyle was like. It also went into detail with important dates and events that happened. For example when they met the Indians. It also talks about what society and goernment were like. He also discusses his religion. Ends with list of pilgrim -
Upon the Burning of Our House by Anne Bradstreet
She worte it after the tramatic loss of her home and most of her materials. She feels guilty for losing her posessions. She understands though that God has taken them away so her family can live a better life. She believes her future and anything that has value lies in heaven. The burning of her house was to fight her families very own sins of marital idols. Anne was born in 1612 and died in 1672. She is a prominenet Puritan figure in literature. First volume of poetry was published in 1650. -
Cont. of Anne Bradstreet
She had 8 children. Her father and husband help found Harvard University. She died at the age of sixty suffering from TB and death of family members. -
Wonders of the Invvisible Word by Cotton Mather (Published in 1693 no date)
A book published in 1693 by Cotton Mather. It was about defending Mather's role in the witchunt. It was empousing that the belief of witchcraft was an evil magical power. He saw witches as tools of the devil in Satan's battle to overturn this poor the Purtian Colony. Cotton was born in 1663. He graduated from Harvard. He followed his dads footsteps becoming the pastor of the Second Church of Boston. He contied there from 1685 until he died in the year 1728. -
"The Speech of Polly Baker" "Dialogue with the Gout" and more by Ben Franklin
Ben Franklin was an impressive writer during this period. He had many speeches and sayings. He was also a very well liked person during this time period and was also part of the fight against Britian.
His many writings are empressive like The Speech of Polly Baker and The Autobiography. His writings can give people a lot of courage to get over things and fight harder each and every day. -
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edward
It is a typical sermon of the Great Awakening, emphasizing that hell is a real place. He hoped by stating this that people who did not believe in god would be terrified and start believing in him. The overall point of this sermon is that God has given human a chance to rectify their sins. Born in 1703 and died in the year 1758. He was a preacher and philospher. He married a 17 year old girl named Sarah. Her father was the founder of Yale college. He had 11 children with her. He died at age 54. -
The Royal Proclamation
Issued by King George III following Great Britians acqusition of the French Territory in North America after the end of the Seven Years War. Which forbid all settlement past a line running through the App. Mtns. -
The Stamp Act
This act required that a tax was imposed on all American Colonints and requited them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. This act was made by the British Parliament. -
The Towshend Acts
A series of 4 acts passed by the British Parliament. The parliament partially repealed part of these acts but they kept one that was major which was the tax on tea. The colonists had no say what so ever with this. -
Colonialism Picture (1770's)
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The Boston Massacre
This event is really over exagerated. This event occured when a group of rowdy colonists shouted at British Soldier. Many more Britsih Soldier came and defended there man in a non violent way. Accidently someone shot and thats the command for British when they hear one shot they all fire and thats what happened. Only a couple Colonists were killed. The name of this event makes it sound like hundreds died. -
The Tea Act
It launched the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. This act imposed no new taxes. -
The Boston Tea Party
A politcal protest by the Son's of Liberty. They raided British Ships and threw the tea overboard. -
The Intolerable Acts
This was intended to quell the colonists and force them into submission. The colonies must either submit or triumph. -
Paul Revere's Ride
This is famous because a man named Paul ran through villages on his horse warning everyone that the British were coming. Almost eveyone has heard the famous poem about this or seen movies based off this historic event. -
Lexington and Concord Battles
This was the first engagement of war between the Americans and Britians in the American Revolutionary War. -
The Battle of Bunkerhill
An early fight in the war that the Britains won. It was in the state of Massachusetts. The American killed a lot of Britians even though they lossed. -
The Declaration Of Independence
The signing of the Declaration was big for the United States. We stil use what is written on the Declaration this very day in age. It is written by a well known man we all know in Thomas Jefferson.
Jefferson mainly lived in Virgina in his lifetime. He was born in 1743 and died in 1826. He had many children. He went to college. He was part of the Democratic-Republican Party -
THe Crisis
The American Crisis is a collection of articles written by Paine during the Revolutionary War. In 1776 Paine wrote Common Sense. It was an extremely popular and successful pamphlet arguing for Independence from England. Thomas Paine was a very strong and brave man. He came from Europe to America. He died in the year 1809. He married twice and had kids. He was a political activist. -
Speech in the Virginia Convention
His speech was to persuade the American's to fight the British to show strong power. He was getting the American's ready for a war he knew they could win if they fought hard and strong. Patrick Henry was a very strong and brave man. Patrick married twice. He had children. He died in 1799. Lived in the State of Virginia most of his life. He gave many great powerful speeches to the people. Strong in political debates and problems. Lead the American's into war. -
The Battle of Yorktown
A battle that lasted almost a month (September 28-October 19) in the small town of Yorktown. Yorktown is in the state of Virgina for those of you who don't know. -
The End of the Revolution
The end of the Revolution was in 1784. The battle of Yorktown was when the British gave up. The Treaty of Paris (1783) officially ended the war and the Revolution as we know it. -
Upon a Spider Catching a Fly by Edward Taylor (Poems not published til 1960)
Edward Taylor was born in 1642 and died in 1729. He was a colonial American poet along with being a pastor. He married twice. He had many children but 5 died in early age. In this poem Satan is suppose to be the spider weaving a web to entangle a man who is saved by the mercy of God. This poem is many peoples favorites because it shows that if you commit a sin god can forgive you as long as it is not extremly bad or commited more than once.
