Intr Flashcards

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Valuing

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Self-reliance

Industriousness

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First interaction

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Trading

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Myths

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Oral tradition
Answered questions about origins and their place on earth.
Detailed migrations and challenges.

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American character influence by Puritans

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Moral
Ethical
Religious convictions

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5
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American Sense

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Practicality

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Capitalism

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Ethic of drift
Hard work
Self-sufficiency

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Contract

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“people should enter freely into agreements concerning the government “

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Mayflower Compact

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Signed aboard the Mayflower

Outlined how they would be governed.

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Groundwork Constitutional Democracy

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Mayflower Compact

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Society

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Social and business venture

Spiritual and business venture intertwined

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1620

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Plymouth, Massachusetts (Mayflower)

Looking for religious freedom

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12
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Wealth

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Sign of God’s favor

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Government

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Based on religious tenets

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14
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1692

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Salem witchcraft
150-accused
20-executed
(Moral foundation in danger)

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Model of writing

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Bible
Favored plain styles of writing and admired clarity of expression.
Avoided complicated figures of speech.
Most common:diaries and histories. Revealed workings of God.

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Human life

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Journey to salvation

Connection to Biblical events.

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17
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Anne Bradstreet

Edward Taylor

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Reflected on poetry: intense piety and self-discipline

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Jonathan Edwards

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Transitional figure between Puritan America and modern urged
People to awaken and seek salvation.

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Mary Rowlandson

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Captive narrative revealed path from sin towards God’s Grace.

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17th century

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Turmoil in England caused questioning the divine right from monarchs.

enlightenment

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Enlightenment

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Believed in rationalism- human beings can arrive at truth by using reason.

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Rationalists and Puritans

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God created world

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Rationalists

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Disagree Puritan notions of revelation, divine providence, and final judgment.
God gave humanity reason to discover scientific and spiritual truth. DEISM

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Rationalism and Deism

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Inspired founders to call their peers to war, setting forth noble ideals of religious tolerance and individual liberty.

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Declaration of Independence
Rationalists thought about relations among people, God, and natural law as root
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1750's writing
Responded to unfolding political and social events (indep. of Britain) Ex. Pamphlets (during American Revolution)
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Thomas Paine
16 pamphlets "The American Crisis" | Commented on the Revolutionary War and encourage people to get involved.
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Abigail Adams
Wife of John Adams wrote letters to her husband calling for woman's better treatment
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Phillis Wheatley
Once enslaved. | Poetry that expressed freedom of independence to all.
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Olaudah Equiano
Recorded details of slavery in "the interesting narrative of the life of Olauda Equiano"
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Benjamin Franklin
Autobiography Omitting by religious justification Written in a clear witty prose, this accounts of the development of the self-made American provided a model for the story that would be repeated on American Literature.
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Rationalism byproduct
Declaration of Independence and American Revolution
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1607
John Smith | Jamestown, Virginia
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1630
17 ships Puritans Boston, Massachusetts
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Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca
Spanish explorer Arrived to Florida Original Family name: Alhaja
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Robert de la Salle
French explorer | From Canada down to the Mississippi River
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Pocahontas
Saved John's Smith life. | Her father's name was Powhatan
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New England
Shipbuilders Traders Fishermen
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Middle colonies
Agriculture Manufacturers Commerce
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Southern Colonies
Farmers (agriculture)