Colonial, Revolutionary, & Early National Periods

Question 1

The writing was generally utilitarian, polemical, or religious. Had 3 major figures: Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin Franklin, & Edward Taylor.

Answer 1

Colonial Period

Question 2

Colonial Period

Answer 2

1607-1765

Question 3

Wrote poems & was part of the Colonial Period.

Answer 3

Edward Taylor

Question 4

Wrote “Rip Van Winkle,” “Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” &

-“Knickerbocker’s” History of New York-. Was part of the Revolutionary & Early National Period.

Answer 4

Washington Irving

Question 5

Wrote religious poetry & “Thanatopsis”. Was part if the Revolutionary & Early National Period.

Answer 5

William Cullen Bryant

Question 6

Wrote “Common Sense” & -The American Crisis-.

Answer 6

Thomas Paine

Question 7

1st play written & acted in America.

Answer 7

-The Prince of Parthia-

Question 8

She wrote poems as a young slave girl.

Answer 8

Phyllis Wheatly

Question 9

Wrote -Pioneers-, -The Prairie-, &
-Last of the Mohicans-. He had 3 novels set on the American Frontier. Was part of the Revolutionary & Early National Period.

Answer 9

James Fenimore Cooper

Question 10

Wrote poems of American Independence, “House if Night”, & was part of the Graveyard School.

Answer 10

Freneau

Question 11

Wrote an autobiography & -Poor Richards Almanac-.

Answer 11

Benjamin Franklin

Question 12

Lasted from 1790-1830. The period between the formation of the National government & the “2nd revolution” of Jacksonian democracy (because of dominance of the Federalist Party). The “Era of Good Feelings.” Was neoclassic, restrained, & aristocratic. Was the 2nd age of the Revolutionary & Early National Period.

Answer 12

Federalist Age

Question 13

Writers engaged in “non-belletrisric” pursuits. Included Trumbull, Freneau, Hopkinson, Dwight, & Barlow, who wrote patriotic works. Also included Paine, Sam Adams, Hamilton, & Madison, who wrote polemical prose. Lasted from 1765-1790. Was the 1st age of the Revolutionary & Early National Period.

Answer 13

Revolutionary Age

Question 14

Lasted from 1765-1830 & included 2 ages: the Revolutionary (1765-1790) age & the Federalist (1790-1830) age. Was the time of the establishment of a new nation.

Answer 14

Revolutionary & Early National Period

Question 15

Happened in 1620.

Answer 15

The Mayflower Compact

Question 16

Wrote “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”.

Answer 16

Jonathan Edwards

Question 17

A religious revival that lasted from 1740-1745.

Answer 17

The Great Awakening

Question 18

1st printing press set up in America.

Answer 18

Cambridge

Question 19

1st American newsletter.

Answer 19

Boston Newsletter

Question 20

1st book printed in America.

Answer 20

Bay Psalm Book

Question 21

“The Tenth Muse Lately Spring Up in America.”

Answer 21

Anne Bradstreet