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Journey on the Mayflower
The Mayflower crammed 102 passengers which included some of the crew from the speedwell which could not make the voyage do to troubles with flooding. Once the Mayflower set off the ship was struck with disease and rationing of food. The ship split in two at one point but was quickly fixed by an mane who had brought a screw with him on the trip form home. -
The Pilgrims' Arrival in the New World
They landed in Cape Cod. They were miles away from their intended target, supposed to be in the mouth of the Hudson River, they were in New England. Many wanted to go to the shores so that there would no longer be rule over them but others didn't want to set foot on land because it wasn't england or wherever they were from; instead they wanted to stay in Cape Cod. While on the ship they agreed to create the mayflower compact which was a self ruling government. The head of each family signed it. -
Puritans' arrival in the new world
The Purtitans wrote mostly historical/factual documents, poetry, and sermons. The topics of their literature centered on self reflectaion, the glorification of god, and sin and redemption. They did not write fictor or drama, which were considered sinful. The puritans' style of writing can best be described as plain.
They valued clarity of content over a clever style. An ornate or
clever style would be sign of vanity, which was a sin. The Puritans beleivd in Predestination or Calvinism, -
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John Calvin's doctrine that God has already decided who will achieve salvation and who will no. The elect, or saints, who are to be saved cannot take election for granted, however. Because of that, all devout Puritans searched their souls with great rigor and frequency for signs of grace. The Puritans also believed in original sin and felt that they would accomplish good only through continual hard work and self discipline. -
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The meaning of this poem is that the spider is the devil and the web is the pit of hell. The wasp is supposed to be a saint that cannot be dragged down to the pit of hell. And the fly is an unsuspecting sould captured by the devil and hell. -
Edward Taylor's "Upon a Spider Catching a Fly"
Edward Taylor was a poet in 17th century born in Conventry, United kingdom in 1642. He went to Harvard and died lonely on June 29,1729 in westfield Massachusetts. The poem tells the tale of a spider that spins a web and a wasp gets stuck in it. The spider attacks the wasp but the wasp escapes the clutch of the spider to live for another day. But then a fly some and flies into the web and the fly is not so lucky as the wasp, it dies of teh spiders' venom. -
William Bradford's 'Of Plymouth Plantation'
The author of this story is William Bradford whose wife was the only person to die on the voyage to the new world by drowning. The story discusses the triumphs and troubles of the arriving in the new world and the life style of the pilgrims in the new world.
The document was published in 1651 giving the author great success and publcity. William Bradford, the author, was born in Austerfield, United Kingdom in 1590; he died in 1657 on May 9th. He was married and had only one kid. -
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Basically the summary of the poem is about how this woman's house burns down and everything inside goes up in ashes when she realizes that this is the work of god and that she should be thankful that it wasn't her and her family, and realizes that the objects inside are no important -
Anne Bradstreet's "Upon the Burning of Our House"
Anne Bradstreet was born on March 20, 1612 in Northampton, United Kingdom and died on September 16, 1672 in Andover, Massachusetts. She was married once and had two kids. The poem "Upon the Burning of Our House" is to tell people that the burning of a house and possessions is the work of God, and that we take advantage of the possessions that we have and that what we have can be taken away from us in a matter of seconds and that there are more important things to care about in life than objects. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin is one of the greatest minds in American Colonialism. He was an inventor, a politician, a ladies man, and an author. He wrote part of the decleration of independence and created the first pair of glasses. He was rich and loved women and they loved him.
He created a peice of work called 'The Speech of Polly Baker' which talks about a ficticious trial against a woman named Polly Baker who has had a child without being married. This has happened to her four seperate times and -
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each time she has been put on trial for it. She explains how she is helping the world by populating it and what not. Another peice of work created by Ben Franklin was 'Dialogue wit the Gout' which is a little skit he wrote when he was sick with the Gout. In the story he talks to his gout and tries to reason with it trying to understand why he is the one that has it. -
Jonathan Edwards's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Jonathan was a very persuasive preacher during his time of living. He was born October 5, 1703 and died March 22, 1758. But before he died he made one of histories scariest and most persuasive preach of all time. It was called Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. The preach was to scare people. It was to scare you that no matter what you do good or bad most people in the room that you are sitting with will go to hell and a small portiong will find themselves in heaven. -
The Royal Proclamation
King George initiated the Royal Proclamation after the Indian uprisings to calm them down and give them more land as well as to manage the cost to fight the rebellions. It gave indians land west of the Appalacian Mountains restricting settlers to settle in those territories. This stopped the Westward Expansion. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act imposed taxes on all stamps on newspapers, playing cards, dice, and legal documents.The act caused protest and riots with the colonists. The british beleived that this act was a fair act becuase they to had to pay a stamp act greater than the colonists had. The colonists began to tar and feather tax collectors. Parliament soon repealed the act the next year. The rebellions and protests were lead by the Sons Of Liberty. -
The Townshend Act
Since the stamp act did not work Britain decided to put in place the townshend act. The townshend act was an act that collected money from the tax the colonists now had to pay on all imported products such as lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea. The colonists beleived that this was no better than the stamp act and rejected to buy anything from Britain. The colonists began to make their own products that helped them to live. Since no one was buying british products British workers were laid off. -
The Boston Massacre
Do to the Townshend Act Colonists began to take to the streets rioting in Boston. A small group of British soldiers were standing in the street when a large crowd of angry colonists surrounded them. The Colonists began throwing snowballs and rocks at the soldiers. The soldiers could not fight back for 1 hour, that was when the king would let them fight. Now the colonists were armed. One british soldier called for help, but against orders he fired into the crowd of people. Six people were killed. -
Colonialism
American literature during this time period was mostly political, and it cam in the form of pamphlets, speeches, and newspapers/ almanacs. 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 best be described as persuasive.Unlike the private soul- searching of the Puritans, much of what was produced by theColonists was public writing. -
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The Eighteenth century is often characterized as teh Age of Reason. Logical reasoning was a major technique used by the writers of this period. Writing offered sound, clear arguments in support of the causes. Personal writing also showed the reasoning process. The colonists believed that people are by nature good, not evil. The colonists also beleived in free will, which is the opposite of predestination. -
The Tea Act
The East India Tea Company had become a monopoly because of this act giving it the right to sell its tea in the colonies. This Tea that the company was selling was less expensive than the smuggled tea because the smuggled tea was much harder to get. But the cost to the colonists did not matter they refused to buy the tea and began growing their own tea and coffee.In december the sons of Liberty took action and made history. -
The Boston Tea Party
The colonists were sick and tired of having to pay taxes on everything they bought so the Sons Of Liberty took action. They dressed of as Mohawk Indians and broke open the crates of Tea and threw them into the harbor, a total of 342 chests of tea were thrown into the water. When Parliament heard about this they were shocked and could not beleive it; they beleived punishment was the only action that could be made. The King would soon exact revenge. -
The Intolerable Acts
The intolerable Acts were a set of rules used to punish the colonists for the dumping of the tea in the harbor. Parliament passed teh act, which is also known as the Coercive Acts, but it was not received well by the colonists. The act put massachusetts under a military governor and shut down the Boston port. It also said that if any official that had done a crime worth the death punishment would go to England for Trial. It sparked the committee of correspondence into action. -
Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention'
During the American Revolution Patrick Henry was the governor of Virginia. The Virginia convention had been banned from its original location but was then moved to a church. After several debates that had occured in the church about the future of America. After all the debates Patrick Henry made one of the most memorable speeches with the most memorable quote of all time which consisted the words of "Give me liberty or give me death." Saying that he would rather die then be ruled by Britain. -
Paul Revere's Ride
Hundreds of British Soldiers marched out of Boston take supplies belonging to the Patriots in Concord. Nightriders went and warned the minutemen. The most famous nightrider was Paul Revere, but the second one that rode that night was William Dawes. They road all night warning the colonists and minutemen that the 'Regulars are Coming.' Revere rode to Concord where a man in a church tower signaled the patriots whether or not the british were coming by land or by sea. That night Revere was captured -
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When Revere was captured he bragged about all that he had done, for hours he talked about this. The Redcoats got nervous about the information that Revere was saying so they released him but he had to walk back to Lextington because they had confiscated his horse. When he got back to Lexington an army of Minutemen were preparing for battle against the up and coming Redcoats. -
Lexington and Concord Battles
The battle of Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the American Revolution and both battles took place on the same day. The first battle was the battle of Lexington which lasted only minutes. The British officer in charge of the british group of solidiers rode on his horse waving off the militia, but the militia did not move and that was when the first shot was fired. It is not known who shot first but it has been given the name 'The Shot Heard Round the World.' -
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The militia were quickly defeated and retreated with the British firing at their backs. They ran to Concord. The British marched into Concord not expecting an untraditional attack which they got. The British searched for the Militia's supplies but found nothing. The militia was waiting for them and were outnumbered by them. The British retreated but were chased and shot at by the militia. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The battle took place in Massachusetts. It was an ambush attack on the British by the Aericans. The battle of bunker hill proved to be a sort of turning point in the Revolution. Although the colonists lost, they hurt the British Army substantially. The amount of fatalities of the British was massive which weakened the army. -
Thomas Jeffersons "Declaration of Independence"
Although Thomas Jefferson is famous for being the third president of the United States he is probably even more known for writing the wildly know Declaration of Independence. He was born in Shadwell, Pennsylvania on the 13th of April in 1743 and died on July 4th, 1826.
The Declaration of Independence is 7000 words that make up the United States Government. It included the Bill of Rights which make up a bases of what rights the people have. It also discusses the crimes of King George. -
Thomas Paine's "The Crisis"
Thomas Paine is known as being one of the founding fathers of the United States. He is most known for his pamphlet 'Common Sense.' The pamphlet was written to inspire the thirteen colonies to take up arms and fight the British for their right for independence.
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The Battle of Saratoga
The battle of Saratoga was a major turning point in the war. It was the battle that had convinced the French to join in on the Colonists' side and give them military support. This boosted the colonists morals and they had the dominant power with them to fight. The colonists were led by the infamous Benedict Arnold while the British were led by John Burgoyne. -
The End of the Revolution
The end of the revolution was when General Cornwallis was forced to surrender in Yorktown. The reason for the end of the war not because of the surrender but due to the treaty of paris. The American forces pushed the british to the coast where they were trapped by both the Americans and French. The French blocked the sea with hundreds upon hundreds of war ships.
