English III 1st quiz – Flashcards
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Early Native Americans used ____________ to pass information from generation to generation.
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Oral language
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Stories, songs, rituals, ceremonies, and speeches were a part of what?
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oral language
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City and state names in North America that originates from the Algonquian language included:
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Mississippi, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Chicago & Kansas
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Many commonly used words had Native American origins, such as :
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Barbecue, savanna, chipmunk, hickory. moose, pecan, raccoon, squash & sequoia
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During the colonial period, many ________ were well educated, which, was reflected in their writing. _______ writing included poetry, journals & religious history
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Puritans; puritan
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Who was the governor of the Plymouth in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
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William Bladford
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What did William Bradford sign?
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Mayflower Compact
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What is the Mayflower Compact?
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the first document on self-governance in the New World
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In 1651, William Bradford finished writing what?
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Plymouth Plantation
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What did the Plymouth Plantation describe?
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the beginning of the new colony
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What did Samuel Sewall do?
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kept a diary of his daily life from 1672-1729, which gives the reader an insight into Puritan life in Boston
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After serving as a _____ in the Salem Witch Trials, he publicly acknowledged his error in condemning those accused of witchcraft. He believed in freeing slaves, and he wrote a pamphlet entitled, "The Selling of Joseph" in 1700.
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judge
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Governor ___ _______'s journal is a valuable account of life in Massachusetts in the 1630s and 1640s. He chose to emigrate to America in 1630 as a member o the Massachusetts Bay Company. He wrote a day-by-day accounting of his voyage from England, including the difficulty of navigating Boston Harbor.
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John Winthrop
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________ _________ was one of the most prolific writers of the time. He wrote 500 books and pamphlets chronicling the settlement of New England. He is most noted as the person responsible for the Salem Witch Trials because his publication in 1684 entitled "Remarkable Provinces" describes the Goodwin family children being possessed by witches
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Cotton Mather
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Puritan writing is distinctive because
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it gives us a glimpse into how Puritan everyday life was influenced by their values
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Songs were important during the ___________ _____________ as soldiers marched into battle or waited to camp. The songs and ballads were written to express the feelings the men were experiencing
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American Revolution
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What was the message in the ballad ("War Song 1776")
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the soldier's commitment to the cause
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Literature of Exploration
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diaries & letters
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Colonial Literature
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Puritan sermons
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Oral tradition of Literature
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Native American legends
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Revolutionary Writing
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Declaration of Independence
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Early American Literature
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1. Oral tradition 2. Literature of exploration 3. Colonial literature 4. American Enlightenment 5. Revolutionary writing
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Ships, logs, diaries, letters & journals--each capturing the experiences of sailors, explorers, and colonists
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Literature of exploration
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Reveals the beliefs and convictions of these seventeenth-century colonists in Massachusetts
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Colonial Literature of Puritans
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By the eighteenth century (1700s), innovators like Benjamin Franklin taught people how to approach the world with a spirit of scientific inquiry--to think with logic and reason
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Age of Enlightenment
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Newspapers, pamphlets, stories, and essays about logic and reason circulated throughout the colonies, cultivating debate and culminating in a new form of government. Concepts like personal liberty and the will of the people that were imagined in Revolutionary writing became established in the ____________________________
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Constitution of the United States
