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Early American Pd
Background Notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Native American Literature | oral |
| types of Native American Literature | songs, myths, and legends |
| Jamestown | first permanent settlement |
| fur trade, money, gold | Jamestown |
| John Smith | founded Jamestown |
| Jamestown was founded in | 1607 |
| William Bradford | founded Plmouth in 1620 |
| Mayflower | how pilgrims traveled |
| Plain Puritan Style | the writing style of Puritans |
| Johnathan Edwards | leader of the Great Awakening |
| Puritan Minister | Johnathan Edwards |
| Johnathan Edwards wrote | "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" |
| Pilgrim | any person who travels for religious reasons |
| Characteristics of Puritans | very educated and did not want to take risks |
| Second wave for settlers | opened by the pirates, adventurers, and explorers |
| John Smith A.K.A | Captain Smith |
| What is ironic about Edward's sermon? | use of figurative language when Puritans write in Plain Puritan Style |
| keeps sinners from falling into hell | the hand of God |
| believed the BIble was the literal word of God | Puritans |
| date of the Great Awakening | 1734-1749 |