Unit Intro Native American Origin Myths Native American Origin Myths Christopher Columbus John Smith William Bradford Olaudah Equiano Bradstreet and Taylor Jonathan Edwards

 Jamestown was the first colony, more than a century after finding America  Columbus landed in 1492  Native Americans were here sometime between 12,000 and 70,000 years ago  Separatists sailed in 1620 and founded Plymouth  Puritans found the Massachusetts Bay Colony  Southern colonies were warmer and had more slaves  Native American myths told by word of mouth  Puritans believed strongly in education  Few southern writers before 1750 Back

 Onondaga, Navajo, Modoc, Iroquois four major tribes  Onondaga lived in now central New York State  Navajo lived in southwest American and is largest today  Modoc lived in Oregon and Northern California  Iroquois lived in Northeastern America  Onondaga wrote The World on Turtle’s Back  The World on Turtle’s Back is a origin myth that says the world started on a turtles back

 Modoc wrote When Grizzlies Walked Upright  The stories says that humans are a cross- breed of Gods and grizzle bears  The Navajo Origin Legend states that everything was created in 12 days and there was ceremonies done by the gods  The Iroquois Constitution was an alliance drawn up to united the Native American nations

 Was opposed with Marco Polo  Convinced Queen Isabella to found his voyage  Did not know he found America  Wrote Journal of the First Voyage to North America  Made the New World sound great  Made himself seem great in his writing  Landed in 1492 in the Caribbean

 Egotistical  Helped make Jamestown the first successful colony in North America  Embellished his writings with his own pen  Wrote the General History of Virginia  He wrote in the third person at times  He made himself sound amazing  Not a very nice guy

 Governor of Plymouth for 31 years  Was a great leader  Wrote Of Plymouth Plantation  Wrote in puritan plain style  He was beloved by his fellow colonists  He told things for how they were in his writing

 Was the son of a tribal leader  Brought to America at the age of eleven years  Bought his freedom with money he saved up  Wrote the Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano  The book was about his life as a slave  He spoke out against slavery everywhere

 Bradstreet was a women who wrote poetry and that was bad  She wrote a poem called “To My Dear and Loving Husband”  It was a sin to write about anything but God  The poem told all about her love for her husband  She wrote in the Puritan Plain Style

 Taylor was a teacher, minister and physician  Only published two poems in his life  Thought his connection with God was personal