Unit1:End Of Change

Question 1

1)The three aspects of Puritan influence continued today are

Answer 1

• Emphasis on the work ethic
• Goal
• centeredness
• subservience of pleasure to duty

Question 2

2)What was the first permanent of English settlement.

Answer 2

Jamestown,Virginia

Question 3

3)The two things that sustained the Pilgrims through hardship were?

Answer 3

Their will to succeed and their confidence in God’s providential care.

Question 4

4) -The main motive for migration was
- other motives are?
- Secular reasons are?

Answer 4

• Religious
• adverture,to help English challenge Spain’s claim to North America,to gain personal independence and wealth.
• because of the American dream.Hundreds of people sold themselves into bondage to pay their way to the colonies.

Question 5

5)During the 17th century,as Puritans grew into a potent political force,the meaning of the term Puritan broadened to include virtually all English Protestants other than those supporting which church?

Answer 5

the Anglican church.(the church of England)

Question 6

6)The two leading figures of the Great Awakening were ?

Answer 6

Jonathan Edwards&George Whitefield

Question 7

7)Puritanism declined because?

Answer 7

1) Spiritual fervor had declined.
2) Material prosperity brought worldly interests and goals.
3) Secular values were replacing religious ones.

Question 8

8)Tell about the Half-way covenant.

Answer 8

It main purpose was to boost church membership but it was not successful.

Question 9

9)Deism maintained that the solution to main’s problem lies in human reason rather than?

Answer 9

Supernatural revelation of the bible.

Question 10

10)What deists believe?

Answer 10

• they do believe in God that he controls the world but that he does not intervene the events of it.
• believe in an afterlife and that good will on cart will be rewarded and evil will be punished.
• man is not flawed and fallen&he can please God by his good works.
• man can become better through education.
• the description the deists use for God is”Great First Cause” or “clock winder”

Question 11

11)After the 1750’s Edwards had perpetuated the spirit of Puritanism ,if not its entire body of thought.After his death,the Puritan influence lingered only in the secular,vaguely ethical form apparent in the writings of who?

Answer 11

Ben Franklin and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Question 12

12)The separatist theory of gov. influence the 18th century document of what?

Answer 12

The constitution

Question 13

13)dependence on English Literature had to be abandoned before what?

Answer 13

A distinctly American literature could exist.

Question 14

14)Early colonial literature was mostly about what and why?

Answer 14

Adversity because of the environmental threats.

Question 15

15)what did Once permanent settlements were established the subject matter focused on?

Answer 15

Religion

Question 16

16)Toward the end of the 18th century.What did the writings presented a revolutionary attitude ?

Answer 16

A secular view of life

Question 17

17)The first consciously American voices began to speak through literature after what?

Answer 17

The Revolution war.

Question 18

18)What the primary purpose of list literature in early American was

Answer 18

Instruction

Question 19

19)Early Puritan writers imitated the plain style not the ornate style popular in where?

Answer 19

In England

Question 20

20)Modern critics unjustly criticized the Puritan writing as lacking of what?

Answer 20

Artistry

Question 21

21)What did John Smith is ?

Answer 21

He was an adventurist

Question 22

22)What John Smith’s work was?

Answer 22

A General History

Question 23

23)What was an unexpected thing happened when John Smith was captured?

Answer 23

The Indian offered friendship and provisions.

Question 24

24)”But almighty(by his divine providence)had modified the hearts of those stern barbarians with compassion”This line shows the recurring theme in the 17th century literature that?

Answer 24

God supplied the needs of the people

Question 25

25)A Description of New England ->John Smith argues for worthiness of colonization.What did he list 4 powers from most to least important ?

Answer 25

1. God
2. King
3. country
4. themselves

Question 26

26)John Smith argues that the primary motivation to convert the indians should be (….Ans….) rather than honor or prosperity.

Answer 26

Religion

Question 27

26)What William Byrd || was?

Answer 27

An 18th century southern aristocrat.

Question 28

27)William Byrd || associated w/the colony of where?

Answer 28

Virginia

Question 29

28)The secret diary of William Byrd ||. (he reads or translates form home and the bible)What is the example suggest that Byrd’s complete honesty?

Answer 29

He quarrels,fits of temper,lustful thoughts,gambling losses,sleeping in church,and neglect of prayer.

Question 30

29)”The history of the divine line”

His observation of the boundary between where?

Answer 30

Virginia and North Carolina

Question 31

30)William Bradford began writing “of Plymouth Plantation” because of what?

Answer 31

Because he feared the Massachusetts bay colony would overshadow the Plymouth colony.

Question 32

31)According to “of Plymouth plantation” Bradford’s attitude of the man that was thrown overboard is against of what ?

Answer 32

Respectful of God’s providential care and justice.

Question 33

32)In addition to the initial agreement written aboard the Mayflower what did the colonist wrote?

Answer 33

They wrote the rules of law and order as they became neccessary.

Question 34

33)Biblical allusion to Moses viewing the promised land shows a purpose to emphasize that?

Answer 34

The Pilgrims,unlike Moses had no certain hope that this land offer plenty.

Question 35

34)What did John Winthrop’s journal focuses on for his colonists?

Answer 35

God’s providential care

Question 36

35)Leviticus was the primary basis for what of the Massachusetts colony?

Answer 36

The laws

Question 37

36)who did compared John Winthrop to the biblical character of Nehemiah?

Answer 37

Cotton mather

Question 38

37)What did Winthrop’s journal focus on as they affected political&social matters.

Answer 38

Massachusetts Bay colony’s religious policies.

Question 39

38)”Essay on liberty”According to Winthrop’s journal the following is an implication of civil or federal liberty.(its have 3 of them)

Answer 39

• it should be supported even if goods and life must be risked.
• the same kind of liberty in which Christ sets Christians free.
• Anything that contradicts this kind of liberty may not be a legitimate authority.

Question 40

39)The two relationship that John Winthrop refers to are?

Answer 40

• A wife’s submission to her husband.

- the church’s submission to Christ.

Question 41

40)The type of liberty that man has in common w/animals is?

Answer 41

Natural liberty

Question 42

41)What was The purpose of “letter from Boston”?

Answer 42

He want to warn his wife to be prepared for the dangers of sea travel.