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LCC1- Colonial
Colonial Period
Question | Answer |
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John Winthrop | A Model of Christian Charity |
John Smith | The General History of Virginia |
Cotton Mather | Pillars of Salt, The Wonders of the Invisible World |
Thomas Harriot | Brief and True Report |
William Bradford | Of Plymouth Plantation |
Samson Occom | "A Short Narrative of My Life" |
Olaudah Equiano | The Interesting Narrative |
Anne Bradstreet | "Upon the Burning of Our House", "The Tenth Muse” |
Phillis Wheatley | “On Being Brought from Africa to America", Poems on Various Subjects |
Michael Wigglesworth | “The Day of Doom” |
Thomas Paine | Common Sense |
Thomas Jefferson | Notes on the State of Virginia, The Declaration of Independence |
Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard's Almanac |
J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur | Letters from an American Farmer |
Jonathan Edwards | Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God |
Genres (Diaries) | Early diaries listed the daily struggles faced by the Colonists and highlighted the wildness of America and their brushes with diseases and the wilderness. |
Genres (Sermons) | o Proclaimed the historical and moral importance of the Colonies. o Colonies as a Puritan religious example. o Attacks on witchcraft. |
Genres (Histories) | Histories |
Main TOPICS & Themes | Ideas and Theories of the Enlightenment Freedom of Religion Native American / Colonial Relations African Slave Trade English Monarchy Puritan concept of ‘innate depravity’ and ‘predestination’ and ‘destiny’ |
Historical Background | 1607-1765 |