Early American Writers Midterm Exam

Dates and Vocab

Myra Jehlen “Expansion of Europe”

1500 — 1800

Richard Hakluyt "Discourse on Western Planting”

1584

Thomas Hariot “From a brief and true report of the new found land of virginia”

1588

“Instructions of the Virginia Colony”

1606

George Sandys? / Anthology, “Immigration; Indentured Servitude”

1607

John Smith — The General History of Virginia

1624

William Bradford — Of Plymouth Plantation

1630—1646

Cotton Mather — God’s Promise to His Plantation

1630

Anne Hutchinson — Transcript of the Trial of Anne Hutchinson

Nov. 1637

Cotton Mather, Milk for Babes

1646

Anne Bradstreet, The Tenth Muse

1650—1659

Virginia General Assembly — “Virginia Slave Laws”

Dec. 1662 — Oct 1669

Cotton Mather — The Wonders of the Invisible World

1692

Mary Rowlandson

1682

Cotton Mather

1692

Cotton Mather — New England Primer

1769

Cotton Mather — A Notable Exploit: Dux Femina Facti

1702

Protestants

want to talk to go by self

Puritans

a member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.

Separatists

a person who supports the separation of a particular group of people from a larger body on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or gender

Tenet

Believes when God created the world, it was paradise (no death/suffering)

“Covenant of Works”

Agreement w/ god and adam

Unconditional election:

“The elect” → who goes to heaven

Covenant of grace

This covenant is central to Reformed theology and underscores the belief that salvation is not earned by human merit but is a gift from God.

Irresistible grace

Grace always given, can’t say no

Typological thinking

understand history as… to get closer to god before end of the world

Puritanical

uptight w/ morals →intolerant

Wildness

Biblical connection → 40 days, 40, nights

Assimilate

communication w/ native. Able to read situations (Mary)

Wickedness

not a theocracy, can’t control wicked impulses, lead to sinning and punishment