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1
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what are the three aspects of puritan influence that continue today?

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  • emphasis on the work ethic
  • goal centered
  • subservience of pleasure to duty
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2
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what was the first English settlement?

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Jamestown, Virginia

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3
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What were the two things that sustained the pilgrims through hardships?

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  • their will to succeed

- confidence in God’s providence

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4
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what was the main motive for migration?

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religion

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5
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what were some other motives for migration?

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  • adventure
  • to help England challenge Spain’s claim to North America
  • to gain personal independence and wealth
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6
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What were the secular reasons for migration?

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  • the American dream

- hundreds of people sold themselves into bondage to pay their way to the colonies

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7
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who were the two leading figures of the great awakening?

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Johnathan Edwards and George Whitefield

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8
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Why was puritanism declining?

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  • secular values were replacing religious ones
  • spiritual fever had declined
  • material prosperity brought worldly interest and goals
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9
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what did deism maintain?

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the solution to mans problems lies in human reason rather than the supernatural revelation of the bible.

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10
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What do deist believe?

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God created the world, but he does not interfere with it. They believe in a after life where good will be rewarded and evil actions will be punished. They believe man is not flawed or fallen, but can pleases God in good works.

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11
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How do deist describe God?

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  • the great first cause

- clock winder

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12
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what influenced the constitution?

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the separatist theory of government

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13
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Why did we have to abandon English literature?

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we had to build American literature

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14
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What did 18th century writings present?

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a secular view of life

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15
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What spoke after the revolutionary war?

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American voice

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16
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What was made for instruction?

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American literature

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17
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What did modern critics do to puritan writings?

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unjustly criticized it as lacking artsy

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18
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What was John Smith’s famous work?

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a general history

19
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What was unexpected when Smith was captured?

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the Indians offered friendship and provisions

20
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What is the reoccurring theme of 17th century literature?

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God provides the needs of his people

21
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According to Smith, what are the most important things to least important things?

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  1. God
  2. King
  3. Country
  4. Themselves
22
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According to Smith, what is the primary motivation to convert the Indians?

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religion rather than honor or prosperity

23
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What was John Smith?

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an adventurist

24
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What was William Byrd II?

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a 18th century aristocrat

25
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What was William Byrd II associated with?

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the colony of Virginia

26
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What does Byrd translate?

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homer and the bible

27
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What was Byrd completely honest about?

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  • quarrels - sleeping in church
  • temper - neglect of prayer
  • lustful thoughts
  • gambling losses
28
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What was Byrd’s observation?

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the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina

29
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Why did William Bradford begin to write “Out of Plymouth Plantation”?

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because he feared the Massachusetts bay colony would overshadow the Plymouth colony

30
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What was Bradford’s attitude of the man getting thrown overboard?

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respectful of God’s providential care

31
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What was the biblical allusion to Moses viewing the promise land?

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the emphasize that the pilgrims, unlike Moses, they had no certain hope that the land offered plenty

32
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What did John Winthrop’s journal focus on?

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God’s providential care for the colonist

33
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What was the primary focus of the laws of the Massachusetts bay colony?

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Leviticus

34
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What did Cotton Mather compare Winthrop to?

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the character of nehmiah

35
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What does Winthrop’s journal focus on?

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the Massachusetts bay colonies religious policies as they affected political and social matters

36
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What were the implication of civil and federal liberty?

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  • goods and risked
  • same liberty as Christ
  • legit authority
37
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What do animals and humans have?

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natural liberty

38
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What was letters of Boston?

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letters to Winthrop’s wife about sea travel

39
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What does Mary Rowlandson’s account represent?

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  • the attitude of the colonist toward Indians
  • the colonist reliance of the bible on difficult times
  • the dangers of colonial life
40
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When did Mary’s captivity take place?

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during King Philip’s war

41
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What is Samuel Sewall referred to?

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first Yankee

42
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What does Sewall’s diary include?

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his public and private life, as well as what he did and thought

43
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How does Sewall end his diary entry?

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reflecting on heaven and a house not made with his hands

44
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What is phenomena?

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a pamphlet on the meaning of revelation

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