american lit midterm test

iroquois creation story

author unknown

general history of virginia

john smith

plymouth plantation

william bradford

poems about grief and, motherhood, and her husband

anne bradstreet

narrative of captivity and restoration

mary rowlandson

personal narrative

jonathan edwards

the way to wealth, autobiography

benjamin franklin

on being brought

phillis wheatley

the crisis no. 1

thomas paine

declaration of independence

thomas jefferson

rip van winkle

washington irving

the pioneers

fenimore cooper

nature

ralph waldo emerson

walden: economy and sounds

henry david thoreau

resistance to civil government

henry david thoreau

the great lawsuit

margaret fuller

benjamin franklins “the way to wealth”, spokesperson of poor richards almanack

father abraham

thoreau’s “walden”, separation of natural and industrial, nature vs manmade

atropos

irvings “rip van winkle”, wife of rip, drives rip to catskill mountains

dame van winkle

who is smiths rival twin?

william bradford

who is bradstreet’s rival twin

rowlandson

who is edward’s rival twin

franklin

the purpose of colonization, material wealth vs religion and spirituality

smith and bradford (rival twins)

puritan religion, crises of faith vs faith as justification

bradstreet and rowlandson (rival twins)

living more holily, pursuit of self-betterment, the great evangelical awakening vs the enlightenment (reason, rationality)

edwards and franklin (rival twins)

themes of “on being brought”

christian salvation, racial prejudice, authenticity

themes of “the crisis no.1”

military perseverance, opposition to tyranny, moral duty

themes of “declaration of independence”

natural rights, social contract, right to revolution, consent of the governed

themes of “the pioneers”

nature vs humanity, culture, capitalism

themes of “nature”

unity, interconnectedness, uses of nature, spiritual access

themes of “walden”

basic necessities for survival, minimalist, personal freedom, peaceful nature vs human intervention

themes of “resistance to civil government”

imagination, moral conscience, surveillance vs freedom

themes of “the great lawsuit”

feminist literature, slavery, paternalism, new manifestation/reform

key figures in iroquois

good twin, bad twin, sky woman

key figures in history of virginia

pocahontas, powhatan

key figures in plymouth plantation

squanto, massasoit

key figures in bradstreet’s poems

simon bradstreet, anne bradstreet, children, grandchildren, husband, god

key figures in narrative of captivity and restoration

rowlandson’s children, her captors

key figures in edward’s personal narrative

god, satan, man as the sinner

key figures in the way to wealth

common people, father abraham

key figures in on being brought

phillis wheatley, god, slaveowners

key figures in the crisis no. 1

george washingon, military men, british gov (opposition)

key figures in declaration of independence

thomas jefferson, King George, american colonies

key figures in rip van winkle

dame van winkle, king george, george washington, rip’s son, wolf (his dog), strange man in the mountains

key figures in the pioneers

natty bumppo, judge marmaduke temple

key figures in resistance to civil government

american individual, corrupted government

key figures in the great lawsuit

man, woman, natives, slaves