Puritan America

A Collision of Cultures Collisions were caused by three things: Disease that Native Americans had no immunity to Superior fire power of the settlers Differences in the concept of land ownership

Name four key features of Puritan Style Plain clothes Plain churches Plain writing A belief in a God-given responsibility to create a perfect world in the New World

Puritans reacted against The Anglican Church (Church of England)

Surviving Slavery When were slaves first brought to Virginia? 1619 What was the Middle Passage? The slave traders route from West Africa to New England. The voyage was brutal and many Africans died.

Puritan ideas If a Puritan heard a story about an unkind and immoral person who met with a terrible end, he or she would most likely think that : God was punishing the immoral person

The Great Awakening What? A religious revival that emphasized a personal relationship with God. When? What was “the elect”?

Jonathan Edwards Dates of life? How old was Jonathan Edwards when he went to college? What was different about Jonathan Edwards’s idea of how to achieve salvation? Personal relationship with God

Define: Imagery: A “picture in the writer’s head”; imagery builds a picture by appealing to any of the five senses. Allusion: A reference to a well-known character, event, or work in another such work. Metaphor: a comparison of two unlike things that does not use like or as.

Literary Devices Simile: a comparison of two unlike things that does use like or as. Biblical Tone: using words and phrases commonly found in the King James version of the Holy Bible.

Literary Device id: God... holds you over the pit of hell much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect, over the fire... Simile Metaphor Imagery Biblical tone Personification allusion

Literary Device id: “The road was a ribbon of moonlight” From “The Highway Man” Simile Metaphor Imagery Biblical tone Personification allusion

Literary Device id: It’s no wonder everyone refers to Mary as another Mother Teresa in the making; she loves to help and care after people everywhere- from the streets to her own friends. Simile Metaphor Imagery Biblical tone Personification allusion

Literary Device id: “The river gripped the raft and flung it away” Simile Metaphor Imagery Biblical tone Personification allusion

Literary Device id: “Therefore let everyone that is out of Christ now awake and fly from the wrath to come...” Simile Metaphor Imagery Biblical tone Personification allusion

Anne Bradstreet—life facts 8 children Married at 16 Went to colonies at 18 Hated the colonies at first, but then adjusted.

Name Anne Bradstreet’s first book: The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America Second Book: Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning

How did Anne Bradstreet’s style change? First, imitative Then, warm and natural

What does this line mean? Thou hast a house on high erect Framed by that mighty architect With glory richly furnished Stands permanent though this be fled

Poetry I have a spiritual home in heaven Built by God That has everything I need And will last forever unlike the one that burned

What does it mean? Thy love is such I can no way repay, The heavens reward the manifold, I pray. I cannot give you as much as your love deserves; I hope that God will reward you.

How did Anne Bradstreet’s feelings about the fire change? First, she felt very sorry for herself, but then she accepted the fire as God’s will and realized material possessions were not so important.

In the final line, where does the speaker say her “hope and treasure” are? Above, or in heaven. She values her spiritual life more than her physical possessions.

Anne Bradstreet 5. What contradiction is in the last line? They will die but live forever. What does this line mean? They will live forever in heaven. 6. What effect does AB’s frequent references to her faith have on the poem? They make her experience universal; it has greater meaning than a personal tragedy.

Lit Book Vocabulary Appease: To bring to a state of peace or quiet; to soothe. Abate: To lessen or reduce in force or intensity.

Lit book vocabulary Prudence: Exercise of good and cautious judgment Abhor: To regard with disgust. Abominable: Disgusting; detestable