1. The Colonial Period Timeline & Characteristics 1607-1765

2. History Timeline 1607 – Jamestown, VA was settled
1620 – Plymouth, MA was settled
1630 – MA Bay Colony settled at Boston
1640 – 1st printing press in America
1695 – Salem Witch Trials
1741- The Great Awakening
1760 – Age of Reason begins

3. Literature Timeline 1624 – General History of Virginia
1630 – Of Plymouth Plantation
1640 – Bay Psalm Book
1650 – Anne Bradstreet’s poetry
1702 – Puritan History
1729 – “History of the Dividing Line”
1741 – “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

4. Native Americans Respect for nature All creatures are powerful
Manito or Great Spirit = life

5. The Puritans (North) 2 Kinds: Separatists (Pilgrims) Break Free!
Reform!

6. Influences on Puritans & Pilgrims
Martin Luther
Men = Wicked; God = All-Powerful
John Calvin
No Free Choice!!!
Original Sin
You are all sinners!
Divine Providence
God is in control
Hard work

7. The Planters (South) Concern for nature Concern for society
Did not settle for religious reasons
Chivalry – “Southern Gentleman”
Entertainment and distractions

8. Why permanent settlement in America?
South: TOBACCO & CRIMINAL ASYLUM
North: RELIGION
3 Important “Americanisms”
Business drive
Pursuit of liberty
Religious zeal

9. Puritan Literature Religious Puritan Plain Style
purification, plainness, and the Divine Mission

10. Southern Literature
Entertaining
Fiction and drama
Nature and society

11. Types of Colonial Writing
Sermons
Diaries
Autobiographies
Allegories
Tracts
Devotional poems
Apocalyptic pronouncements
Almanacs
Elegies