Unit 1 & 2 Test Review

religion

instruction or inspiration

serious

salvation

1. Puritans sought grace to change their lives

• God grants some people the ability to love truly

2.  Valued plainness, purity, especially in religious worship

3.  Divine Mission: bring true Christianity to the New World

diaries

spiritual autobiographies

histories

poetry

(utilitarian)

• founded Jamestown
• gave New England its name
• made excellent maps
• wrote about his exeriences in the New World
• encouraged settlement in America
• sought to dispel myths
• captured by Powhatan Indians; rescued by Pocahontas

1. typhoid/dysentery
2. malnutrition
3. hard labor in heat
4. little/no money
5. worms in food
6. Indian relations
7. corrupt crew
8. no shelter
9. high mortality rate (50:104)
10. unexplored territory

• Puritan who left England and Holland for America and religious freedom
• wife drowned after arriving at Cape Cod
• governor of Plymouth 30 times
• sees America as a nation dedicated to and sustained by God

1. seasickness
2. fierce storms
3. cracked main beam
4. dangerous coastline
5. no settlement to greet them
6. Natives
7. winter
8. desolate wilderness
9. woods/thickets

• "The First American Poet"
• poetry's simple style reflects the demands of the wilderness;
• expresses Puritan beliefs, love of family;

"To My Dear and Loving Husband"

"Upon the Burning of Our House"

minister who came to America after losing a teaching job for refusing to take an oath contrary to his religious beliefs; defended Puritanism against more liberal ideas;

thought only those who had experienced grace should have full church membership;

love

life

evil

sin

• typical Southern Gentleman planter;
• born in VA; inherited plantation which he built to 200,000 acres;
• educated as a lawyer in England;

deeps sense of public service

well educated

rugged but refined

practiced moderation

• entered Yale at age 13
• foremost preacher during the Great Awakening
• known for "fire and brimstone" sermons

• a fierce storm
• floodwaters rising against a dam
• arrow aimed at your heart
• fire (furnace)

1. by using reason, humans could manage themselves w/out authority or past traditions
2. reason thrives on the freedom of:

• speech
• from arbitrary rule
• to experiment
• to question existing laws and institutions

• pamphlets
• songs
• speeches
• essay
• poetry

• "First American"
• world-famous scientist, inventor, diplomat, philosopher, writer, printer
• inventions-lightning rod, biofocals, Franklin stove, armonica
• Author of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution

"The Autobiography"

"Poor Richard's Almanac"

Well done is better than well said

Whatever is befun in anger ends in shame

Failure to prepare is preparing to fail

1. Temperance
2. Silence
3. Order
4. Resolution
5. Frugality
6. Industry
7. Sincerity
8. Justice
9. Moderation
10. Cleanliness
11. Tranquility
12. Chastity
13. Humility

• famous Southern orator from VA; had classical education
• led movement to add Bill of Rights to U.S. Constitution
• urged armed resistance to England

1. Rhetorical Question
2. Repition
3. Parallelism

• Englishman who emigrated to America b/c of B. Franklin;
• self-educated; faced imprisonment b/c of debt;
• famous for most important pamplet in American history: Commen Sense;

• died the same day as John Adams: July 4^th, 1826;
• classical education; attorney; inherited 5000 acres;
• President; Secretary of State; author of Declaration of Independence;
• credited w/Louisiana Purchase;
• est. U of VA & Library of Congress

First paragraph:

• document delcares causes of separation from England;

Body:

• list of grievances against King George;

Final Paragraph:

• declares that colonies are free and independent states;

• born in France; provided immigrant's view of America;
• farm became part of a battlefield of the Revolution;
• left his family in America while he returned to France; when he returned, family/farm was destroyed;

melting pot

plant metaphor