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Colonialism
American literature during this period was mostly political, and it came in the form of pamphlets, speaches, and newspapers/almanacs. The topics of their literature centered on politics: relations with Great Britan and the nature of goverenment. Americans were still not writing any fiction or drama. The style of writing in most Colonial pieces can best be described as persuasive. -
Colonialism
Unlike the private soul-searching of the Puritans, muc of what was produced by the Colonist was public writing. The Eighteenth century is often characterized as the Age of Reason. Loical reasoningf was major technique used by the writters of this period. Writting offered sound, clear arguments in support of the causes. Personal writing also showed the reasoning process. The Colonist believed that people are by nature good, not evil. The Colonist also believed in free will, which is the oposite -
colonialism
the opposite of predestination -
Of Plymouth Plantation ppart 2
The journal gives you real feel for how the trip was. You feel like you are there and its brought to life. You can only begin to imagine how awful it was on the Mayflower. -
William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation
William Bradford's of Plymouth Plantation was written over a long time period. Started in 1608 no specific date and ended 1651 no specific date. It describest the journey of the Pilgims who traveled to the new world and they're journey on they mayflower.
The journal gets in dept about what happened to the passengers. Such as how things ere when someone died or was sick. How crammed and packed tight everyone was to one anther. Everyone started to stink from being in the same clothes. -
Pilgims Journey on Mayflower
The Mayflower set sail from England for America in July 1620, but it had to turn back twice because the Speedwell, the ship it was traveling with started to leak. After leaving the leaky Speedwell behind, the Mayflower finally got underway on September 6, 1620. There were 102 passengers squeeed tightly togther on th Mayflower ship. -
The Arrival
The Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts that November. They were settled in Plymoth by that December.Most settlers lived on the Mayflower for months running from sea to shore building they're new storage and living quaters. -
Upon the burning of our house
Written by Anne Broadstreet who was born March 20, 1612 and died on September 16, 1672. She wa one of the first early english poets, she was the first female writer for the British North American Colonies.
She wrote Upon the Burning of Our House and it was published July 7, 1666. It talks about the puritan style of life. The everyday struggle and sarrow that they went through. How that god has a plan for everything and they cant change it. -
spider part 2
God is the almighty and ifyour with hi you are safe. You cant fall into the power of sin and let the devil win. -
Upon a spider catching a fly
Edward Taylor (1642 – June 29, 1729) was a colonial American poet. Who wrote Upon a Spider Catching a Fly. This was published in 1684, there is no exact date. He was married twice first to Elizabeth Fitch, who he had eight children, five of who died in childhood. And after she died he married Ruth Wyllys, who had six more children.
The poem describes the devil trying to tempt people to do wrong. How the devil tempts people with sin, and they get tangled in a web and cant escape. -
Wonders of the Invisible world
Cotton Mathers published Wonders of the Invisible World in 1693. There is no specific date for the books publication just the year. Mather was born in 1663. After graduating from Harvard, he followed in his father's footsteps becoming pastor of the Second Church of Boston. He did this until his death in 1728.
This book is about witch craft and how its herebut we do not know. It is used in the world for things that are not right and we can not change it. -
Invisible part 2
Witch craft is from the devil and it is a sin. -
Puritans Arrival
The Puritans wrote mostly historical/factual documents, poetry, and 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 stleof writing can best be described as plain. They valued clairity of content over a clever style. An ornate or clever style would be a sign of vanity, which was a sin. -
Puritan Arrival 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 Puritans searched their souls with great rigor and frequency for sins or grace. The puritans also believed in original sin and felt that they would accomplish good only through continual hard work and self- disipline. -
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry god
Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758) was a revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Protestant theologian. He wrote The Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God july 8th 1741. Many colonist looked up to Edwards, he was a smart man that knew a lot about everything.
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God shows the outlook on how God would punish people. He is a very mean and harsh God. If you are not a perfect follower you are sentenced to hell. There are no exceptions. -
Baker
The Speech of Polly Baker was published 1747. It was written by Ben Franklin. The story is about a woman being on trial for having many cildren out of wedlock. Not with just one man but several.
She defends herself very well against the jourey.They basically call her a whore for her actions and believe they can not be justified. -
Royal Proclimation
The Royal Proclamation is a document that set out guidelines for European settlement of Aboriginal territories in what is now North America. The Royal Proclamation was initially issued by King George III in 1763 to officially claim British territory in North America after Britain won the Seven Years War. -
The stamp act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The Stamp Act was a law that required all colonial residents to pay a stamp tax on virtually everything paper including legal documents, bills of sale, contracts, wills, advertising, pamphlets, almanacs, and even playing cards and dice. -
The Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts began in 1767, by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. They were there to impose forvce on Americans to pay the taxes! -
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770.There was a group of people harrasing a red coat and caused him to free fire into the air. Which caused the Red Coat army to start firing in the the crowd. There were 5 people killed. -
The Tea Act
Tea Act of 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The purpose was to loer prices on the surplus. -
boston tea party
The Sons of Liberty rebelled against Parliament. To rebel against Parliament, they dressedas American Indians and attackedthe ship that was delivery tea to the New World. They boardedthe ship and dumped the tea into the harbor as an act of protest against the Britishand to stand their ground with their personal beliefs. -
the intolerable acts
After the Boston Tea Party, in 1774, the British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts as a form of punishment against the American people. They are also referred to as the Coercive Acts. These laws took away the state's rights, resistance,and historical rights. These acts were enforced to control the American people because of their Boston Tea Party Rebellion. -
Speach in the Virginia Convention
A month before the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Patrick Henry addressed the House of Burgesses in Richmond, Virginia.The spach was recited on March 23, 1775. It's purpose was to was to convince the delegates to leave Britain. But to fight back against them, he antagonized Britain by imputing every hardship they faced to Britain.
Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter and politician. He is famous for the line "give me liberty or give me death". -
Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington and Concord was the first documented military engagement in the American Revoluntionary War. Nobody knows who shot the first at this battle, but the first shot is referred to as the 'shot heard around the world.' The battle was fought between the British and the American minute men. -
Reveres Ride
On April 18, 1775 Paul Revere rode thorughout the town calling out "The Regular's are coming." By doing this he alarmed the American colonists that the Britsih were making their way into Massachusetts to attack the town. -
Declaration part 1
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a new nation the United States of America.
Thomas Jefferson (April 131743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father, the -
Declaration part 2
Principal author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States. -
The Crisis
The American Crisis is a pamphlet series by 18th century Enlightenment philosopher and author Thomas Paine, originally published from 1776 to 1783 during the American Revolution.
Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737– June 8, 1809) was an English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist and revolutionary. One of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
