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Journey on the Mayflower
The Mayflower departed from England. It took several times to depart to search for the new land. Once they tried to depart from Southampton on August 5,1620 and from Darthmouth on August 21, 1620 and finally from Plymouth, England on September 16, 1620. It took the pilgrims till November to reach new land what they now call it Massachusetts. -
Pilgrims arrival in the New World
It took them a long time on a rough journey across the atlantic ocean just to reach the New land. Finally after the two month journey they reached the new land. They were originally supposed to land in Virginia. They were founded as the first European settlement in New England in December. -
The Puritans' arrival in the new world
The Puritans wrote mostly historical/factual documents, poetry and sermons. The topics of their literature centeron self-reflection, the glorificatioin 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 described as plain. They valued clarity of content over a clever style. Ann ornate or clever style would be a sign of vanity, which was a sin. -
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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 Puritans searched their souls with great rigor and frequency for signs of grace. -
William Bradford's of Plymouth Plantation
The plymouth plantation is written by William Bradford. There is not a forsure published date but it was made in 1651. William was the governor and founder of the plymouth colony. He died in 1657, 6 years after writing the Plymouth Plantation. -
Anne Bradstreet's "Upon the Buring of Our House"
Anne Bradstreet wrote this becasue of her actual expierence of her waking up to her house buring to the ground. Anne Bradstreet was the first women poet in British North American colonies to be published. She had a spouse and two children. -
Colonialism
American literature during this time period was mostly political, and it came in the form of pamphlets, speeches, and newspapers/almanacs. The topics of their literature centered on politics: relations with Great Britain and the natire of government. Americans were still not writing any fiction or drama. They 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 the Colonists was public -
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writing. The eighteenth century is often characterized as the 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 peiple are by nature good, not evil. The Colonists also believed in free will, which is the opposite of predestination. -
The Royal Proclamation
The Royal Proclamation was made to ease the Natives' fears and the costs it took to fight their rebellions. The proclamation restricted colonial settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains. It paused the westward expansion. The proclamation was a good thing to the indians but it wasn't good at all to the american colonists. -
The Stamp Act
The stamp act is that you must pay a tax on every piece of paper that the american colonists used. Newspapers and playing cards were even taxed! The tax money from the stamp act was being used by protecting the american frontier. -
The Townshend Act
Created by Charles Townshend. He taxed items that were imported to America. He taxed items such as lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea. -
The Boston Massacre
A fight between the British and a patriot mob. The patriots threw snowballs, stones, sticks at the British. This fight left several colonist dead. -
The Tea Act
This act was put into place to shorten the amount of tea the British East Indian Company had. They were already finacially troubled and they couldn't afford to hold so much tea. This act was also to help out the company. -
The Boston Tea Party
Americans dressed up as Native Americans and threw 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. It was the Britishs tea. It was a way of protest against King George's rule in America. -
The intolerable acts
British laws passed by parliment of Great Britian. There were other acts in the intolerable acts. -
Paul reveres ride
Paul Revere went into the night to warn everybody that the british were coming. -
Lexington and Concord battles
These battles started the american revolution. British troops marched to concord from boston just to fight.
