A Gathering Of New Voices/Emerging Nation Flashcards
Reformation
Enlightenment
1400's 15th Century Learning, art, science, exploration, political identity AND printing press (1445) Martin Luther 1517 18th Century Reason and Rationality
The New World:
Exploration 15th Century
Spanish/Portuguese - South
French - North
English - Middle (U.S.)
Early time line
1492- Columbus
1607- Virginia Colony (Jamestown)
1620- Plymouth Rock (Pilgrims)
1776- American Revolution
What drew people to the new world?
Promise of a NEW LIFE sans classes, royalty, old cultural restrictions, and religious restrictions.
•Promise of PARADISE—”free” land
•Promise of WEALTH—searching for gold, etc.
•The AMERICAN DREAM
The Colonies
By and large, the early settlers hailed from England—common language, beliefs, culture.
•3 Geographical/Ideological Groups:
New England Puritans
Educated, religious, prosperous •Bible was prime •Instructive Literature (didactic): •Journals, Histories, Sermons, Poetry •Maine, Mass, RI, Con, N.H.
Southern Planters
Rural, practical, less strictly religiously-minded than the New England Puritans
•More open to European Culture, nonetheless, their literature was practical:
•Journals, Histories, Sermons
•Maryland, Virginia, Carolinas, Georgia
Middle Colonies
Agriculture and commerce were prime
•More culturally diverse than the other two areas
•NY, Delaware, NJ, Pennsylvania
Literature in this Unit:
Myths—Native American •Autobiography—Journals, diaries •Historical Narratives •Sermons •Poetry •Political Propaganda •Most are Instructional or Practical in Matter
On what did the earliest American writers concentrate?
Describing and trying to make sense out of their challenging new environment and the unfamiliar people with whom they shared it.
what was the most influential cultural force on writers of this period?
Religion
What did the Puritans believe about themselves?
To be chosen by God to create a new order in America
Name 4 American Enlightenment writers:
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Ben Franklin, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry
At the same time as the enlightenment, the great awakening-a religious revival-took place. Both of these caused people to do what?
To question tradition and authority, eventually leading colonists to break from Britain control and embrace democracy
What was common among the over 300 different Native American Cultures and 200 different Native American languages?
Storytelling
