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People's Biographies Flashcards

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Born in Northampton, England

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Anne Bradstreet

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Simon Bradstreet; married when 16; graduate of Cambridge University

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Anne Bradstreet

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Both Thomas and Simon were governors of Massachusetts

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Anne Bradstreet

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Moved to Boston in 1630, moved to Andover about 10 years later

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Anne Bradstreet

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8 children and was frequently ill

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Anne Bradstreet

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Volumes express Puritan belief that one must not become attached to things of this world

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Anne Bradstreet

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Had 2 volumes
1st edition- long poems about medicine, history and qualities of fire
2nd edition- shorter poems about children, husbad and home

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Anne Bradstreet

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Went to Yale at age 13

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Jonathan Edwards

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Elected president of Princeton University; died after taking one office

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Jonathan Edwards

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Preached to Native Americans

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Jonathan Edwards

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Born in East Windsor, CT

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Jonathan Edwards

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Married Sarah Pierrepont who was as religious as him

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Jonathan Edwards

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When he preached the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” audience freaked out

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Jonathan Edwards

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Preached mainly at Northampton, MA

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Jonathan Edwards

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First book was written at age 11

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Jonathan Edwards

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Europeans were impressed by him; made them respect out literature more

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Jonathan Edwards

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Minister of Boston’s Old North Church

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Cotton Mather

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True believer in withcraft

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Cotton Mather

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Turned away from supernatural and may have debated whether it played the role in life he first suspected

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Cotton Mather

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Urged the judges to consider spectral evidence

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Cotton Mather

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Was in Salem to witness the execution of ex-minister Georgr Burroughs for witchcraft

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Cotton Mather

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Best known “Memorable Provinces” out of 382 works

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Cotton Mather

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Tried to minimize his own large roles in its consideration in the Salem trials

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Cotton Mather

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Speeches were not printed and never fully written down

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Patrick Henry

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Practicing law and known for winning his cases

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Patrick Henry

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His first speech was in opposition to Stamp Act

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Patrick Henry

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Elected to Virginia House of Burgesses at less than age 30

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Patrick Henry

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Governor proclaimed him an outlaw

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Patrick Henry

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Used his tall, awkward body expressively

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Patrick Henry

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Helped write Constitution

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Patrick Henry

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Had 2 counties named after him

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Patrick Henry

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Served 5- 1 year terms and was elected as governor of Virginia

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Patrick Henry

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Born on Virginia frontier

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Patrick Henry

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Left school at 13 and worked unsuccessfully as a sailor, teacher, grocer, tax collector and corset maker

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Thomas Paine

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By mid 30’s faced imprisonment and in debt

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Thomas Paine

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Published an article comparing slavery to murder

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Thomas Paine

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Wrote “common sense”- 47 pg. pamphlet encouraging the colonists to think the unthinkable; published in 1776

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Thomas Paine

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Urged that the overthrown French king be impriosned rather than executed; how he was imprisoned

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Thomas Paine

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Denounced as a “lying, drunken, brutal infidel” because of his support with thr French Revolution and his attacks on organized religion

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Thomas Paine

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Denied the right to vote

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Thomas Paine

41
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Dies in New Rochelle, NY

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Thomas Paine

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Tombstone desecrated and when was later dug up and taken to England it was denies burial

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Thomas Paine

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Moved to America

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Thomas Paine

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The Tenth Muse lately sprung up- first volume of poems published by an American; first volumes of poetry in English written by a woman

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Anne Bradstreet

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Him and John Adams died July 4th, 1826

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Thomas Jefferson

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Became president in 1801

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Thomas Jefferson

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Elected to the House of Burgesses in 1768

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Thomas Jefferson

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Champion of equal rights, intellectual and political freedom

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Thomas Jefferson

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Wrote pamphlet because it was so good he was the first author of the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

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Sold 10,000 books to Congress for basis of Library of Congress

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Thomas Jefferson

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Designed house; Monticello, planned building and campus of Universiry of Virginia

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Thomas Jefferson

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Born in Boston, MA

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Entered Harvard college at age 14

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Later generations criticized him for being too optimistic about human nature and progress

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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First book “Nature” appeared in 1836, tried to overturn idea of nature as a Big Machine

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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After months of living in Europe, he settled in Concord MA; married again and took up career of writing and lecturing

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Son of a minister, became a pastor at age of 29

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Poor childhood because father died early

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Resigned from pulpit after wife died

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

60
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After he left college; he was depressed and disallusioned

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Developed idea of Transcendentalism by taking works of other authors

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

62
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Born in Concord, MA

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Henry David Thoreau

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Attended Harvard, started technology but redused to use corporal punishment

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Henry David Thoreau

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Started his own school with his brother

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Henry David Thoreau

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Friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson, became his disciple

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Henry David Thoreau

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Helped write and edit “The Dial”

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Henry David Thoreau

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Tested the Transcendental ideals

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Henry David Thoreau

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  • considered the masterwork of Thoreau and the guide of Transcendentalism
  • combines observations of nature with social criticism and philosophy
69
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  • Thoreau’s rejection of Mexican War
  • written while in jail for not paying his taxes as a protest of war
  • has inspired Gandhi and MLK Jr.
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Civil Disobedience

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Died of tuberculosis at the age of 45

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Henry David Thoreau

71
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In his life, he saw the population rise 10 times over and the nation grew from AG to industry

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William Cullen Bryant

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When he moved from MA to NYC his interest changed from poetry to journalism

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William Cullen Bryant

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At 17 he wrote his most famous poem Thanatopsis( most popular for awhile)

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William Cullent Bryant

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Father of American poetry

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William Cullen Bryant

75
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Was a corner stone in establishing the new Romantic movement in American literature

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Thanatopsis

76
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Born in Salem, MA on July 4, 1804

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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When he was 4, his father a sea captain died at sea

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

78
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Mother moved the family to the Woods of Maine

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

79
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Adds the ‘w’ to Hawthorne to distance himself from his notorious ancestor, 1 of the 3 judges at the Salem Witch Trials

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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