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Puritan Literature

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Cultures that make up America's Family TreeNative Americans, Spanish, English, Africans
Early American Civilizations wiped out by Spanish by 1550Aztecs, Incas, Mayas
Reasons Spaniards explored AmericaAdventure, Gold, Convert Christians
Reasons English came to AmericaLand, Good Wages, Religious Freedom
Leader of Jamestown ColonyJohn Smith
Leader of Plymouth ColonyWilliam Bradford
Leader of Massachusetts Bay ColonyJohn Winthrop
PilgrimsSeparatists who left the church
PuritansRemained in the church and attempted to reform it.
Sources of information about early everyday Puritan Lifeartifacts, court records, portraits, diaries, inventories
Age at which Puritan children became subject to rigid discipline of Puritan lifeSeven (7)
Age at which Puritans became legally responsible for thier actionsSixteen (16)
Contributions of Puritans to contemporary AmericaWork Ethic, System of Laws, Responsibility to Community
The only source of God's law, according to the PuritansThe Bible
The belief that God decided ahead of time who would be saved and who would be damnedPredestination
A government that is ordered or structured around the church with God as the leaderTheocracy
Started a colony in Rhode Island based on separation of church & stateRober & Mary Williams
Puritan banishe for spreading the idea that each individual had personal relationship with GodAnne Hutchinson
Hanged for Quaker belief that all people were equally important to GodMary Dyer
First Poet in AmericaAnne Bradstreet
Preached that God was angry and vengefulJonathan Edwards
Terms of the agreement between Indians & settlers in "Of Plymouth Plantation"Not to injure each other, restore stolen articles to each other, help each other in times of war
Ballad written in the 1600s to a husband or lover leaving for America"My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean"
Ballad that exaggerates riches to be found in the New World"I'm Goin' to A-merry-ca"
Edwards compares sinners to these two creaturesSpiders and Snakes

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