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What is a puritan?
Someone who was really religious in the colonial times and tried to purify the Anglican church.
Who was the first accomplished American poet?
Anne Bradstreet
What did Anne Bradstreet lose in the house fire?
She lost 800 books which were all unpublished poems and papers.
What was the big turning point in the fire?
She believed that it happened for a reason. She believed it was God’s will and that home shouldn’t matter because she has a permanent home in heaven. She shouldn’t value materialistic things.
Who published Anne Bradstreet’s poems?
Her brother-in-law secretly published them for her.
What is inversion?
Lines in poems that are out of a normal order that we use. They are slightly scrambled in a “yodish” form.
In “A Narrative of Her Captivity” by Mary Rowlandson, who captured Mary?
The Native Americans who were on the verge of starvation that were getting a little unruly. They also captured 3 of her children.
How long was Mary Rowlandson held in captivity?
Approximately 3- 4 months. (12 weeks)
Why did the Native Americans choose to kidnap Mary and her children?
Her husband was a mayor. The Natives were hungry and had to get the richest families.
What gift did the Natives give Mary that she held above all else?
A bible. She would use it to make allusions for what was happening at the time.
What job was Mary given?
She was a cook.
What happened to Mary’s youngest child?
She was sick and died while travelling.
What happened to the other 2 or Mary’s children?
They were sold off.
In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards, what did he help bring about?
The Great Awakening. It was a religious revival and spiritual era.
What was the topic of Jonathan Edwards’s sermon?
Sin and the effects of it.
What did Jonathan Edwards say sinners would do?
Go to hell.
What is Calvinism?
The belief that one is predestined to go to heaven or hell. (Predestination)
Where was Jonathan Edwards’s sermon preached?
Enfield, Massachusetts on July 1741.
In “Autobiography” by Benjamin Franklin. In this revolutionary period, known as the age of reason, when all the ships were coming over, they brought all kinds of sugar, molasses, and what else?
Smallpox. This was when small pox was running rapid and science was trying to revolutionize America in this era.
Who was Cotton Mather?
A Puritan Minister who preached against an inoculation for smallpox because he believed it was against God’s will. Many people died from taking it.
During the Revolutionary Period, (age of reason), literature dealt with:
Reason rather than imagination.
How did Benjamin Franklin start his career?
He wrote comic books. He was a newspaper cartoonist.
Why did Ben Franklin go to Philedelphia?
He was trying to escape his brother for telling him to get a real job. Hew was going to be a newspaper cartoonist.
What are aphorisms?
Little sayings that teach morals. A lesson.
Compare the way Franklin has his virtues and the meanings of them and “What you Needed to Learn in Kindergarten” by John Folgum.
Franklin’s virtues were more complicated, but they both taught morals.
“The Crisis No. 1” by Thomas Paine, is a list of pamphlets for whom did he write to?
The soldiers to lift their morale. He wrote them for inspiration.
Why did Thomas Paine give “The Crisis” when he did?
He gave it during the Valley Forge because it was one of the last battles and the soldiers were not doing well so he had to give them inspiration.
In persuasive writing, Thomas Paine has what two things?
Logic and Reason.
In “The Speech to the Virginia Convention” by Patrick Henry, what was the Stamp Act?
An act where stamps were placed on all goods to prevent people from buying things from other countries.
What is Patrick henry trying to convince the Virginia Convention?
He wants to build the local militia and fight otherwise they will all be slaves because they were trying to reason but it wasn’t working.
What famous line comes out of Patrick Henry’s speech?
“Give me liberty or give me death” It means he would rather have freedom or die.
Patrick Henry’s speech was destroyed, who pieced it together?
His grandson wrote down the speech, pieced parts back together, and published it.
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