Unit 1 Literature Flashcards
1
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Of Plymouth Plantation
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- Bradford’s first hand account of journey and struggle to survive
- Bradford tells his story in 3rd person to focus on God
- 65 days on the Atlantic, landed in CAPE COD
2
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The Mayflower Compact
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- Prevent Mutiny; strangers and pilgrims negotiate first government
- Present Plymouth as legit and serious
- They could add laws to the compact
3
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The First Thanksgiving / Indian Relations
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- Samoset and Squanto help Pilgrims learn the ways
- After most recover from “The Starving Time” they are able to make first harvest and celebrate Thanksgiving
- 6-7 Men get spared by god and help the rest survive the brutal winter of the Starving Time
4
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Upon the Burning of our house
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- First two stanzas detail a fire July 10, 1666
- Next four lament the destruction
- Final two she expresses hope of permanent home
- She wants to hide her sadness because everything is God’s plan
5
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Middle Passage
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- Equiano describes the horrible trip
- Stench, Chains, Filth-toilets, no room
- “Inhabitants of the deep” are more free
- Whipped to perfer death to slavery
- Lands in Barbados and scared they will be eaten and relived when the found out all they need ot do is work
6
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Declaration of Independence
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- First paragraph establishes credibility by justifying separation
- Jefferson lays out unalienable rights and list of complaints of the king
- Uses charged words and parallelism
- Colonies have tried to be peaceful but met with injury
7
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The Autobiography
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- Franklin decides to live a morally perfect life
- 13 virtues; no religion
- Arranged his virtues so one will help him concur the next
- Speckled Axe- Perfection isnt praticle but it is better to try
8
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Speech to the Virginia Convention
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- Henry praises patriots who spoke before him but disagrees
- In the past Britain has only tightned their grip
- Urges audience to fight against great Britain like their compainions are alreadying doing
- Must fight the British now because they have only been met with insults
- “Give me Liberty or Give me Death”
9
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The Crisis
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- Charged words like tyranny and hell
- Paine wants men to fight and “try men’s soles” even at risk
- Don’t be a Sunshine Patriot
- Comparison of Slavery to elicit anger
- Connects to parents to fight so their children wont have to
