Collection I Flashcards
(46 cards)
What is the difference between Puritans and Pilgrims?
Puritans were Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England and that is why they left for America. Pilgrims were Protestants who wanted to separate from the Church of England and that is why they left.
Who was the governor of the Plymouth Colony, and what did he hope to establish?
The governor of the Plymouth Colony was William Bradford and he hoped to establish a “city on the hill.”
What does the phrase “city on the hill” mean?
It comes from the phrase “city upon a hill” from the Bible, and it means a city that is in plain view and sets an example for all that see it.
What values did the American Puritans deem most important?
They valued self-reliance, industriousness, temperance, and simplicity.
What certainties and doubts did the Puritans have in regards to their faith?
A certainty was that because of Adam and Eve’s sin of disobedience most of humanity was damned. Another certainty was that God in his mercy had sent his son Jesus Christ to save some people. Their doubts were about whether or not they were the “elect” or “unregenerate.”
What was the name of the movement that was a reaction to the rise of a more liberal Protestant congregation and which occurred in the 1720s? Give a brief description of this movement.
The Great Awakening
What type of writing did the Puritans value?
They valued diaries and histories.
What purpose did these writings serve? (diaries and histories)
They believed those were used to record the workings of God.
Name two talented Puritan poets.
Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor
Which Ivy League university was founded by the Puritans in 1636? Why did they establish this university?
They established Harvard College to train Puritan ministers since the colony was expanding quickly.
Name the first printed book of poems. How did this volume of poetry come to be?
The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America. It came to be when Anne Bradstreet’s brother-in-law, John Woodbridge, took her poems with him to London and had them published in 1650.
What was the Puritan philosophy on literary style?
Plain style - plain and un-ornamented
Why is there not an extensive amount of Native American literature today?
They believed in oral tradition.
Why was oratory (the art of speaking well) so highly prized by the Native Americans?
Because that is how they taught future generation about the past and that is how they told what they believed in.
Explain the circumstances behind the creation of the first written agreement in American history.
The first written agreement in American history was The Mayflower Compact. It outlined how they would be governed once they landed. It was very vague and ambitious.
What two authorities are recognized by the Mayflower Compact?
King James of England and God
What does the Mayflower Compact accomplish?
It set up a plan for the Virginia company’s government once they reached the New World.
Give one idealistic aspect and one realistic aspect of the Mayflower Compact.
One idealistic aspect was that they said everyone will be obedient. One realisttic aspect is that they wrote it very vaguely because they don’t know exactly what the New World will be like.
How did the sailors act towards the Pilgrims?
The sailors were rude to the Pilgrims and tried to ignore them.
Who did William Bradford believed was responsible for the sailors’ illnesses and for Squanto and Samoset coming to help them?
God
Why does Bradford use 3rd person in Of Plymouth Plantation? What advantage does this give him?
He uses 3rd person to seem impartial and the advantage is he won’t seem biased.
(gain credibility)
Give two terms of the peace treaty that the Pilgrims made with Massasoit.
That neither he nor any of his should injure or do hurt to any of their people.
That if any of his did hurt to any of theirs, he should send the offender, that they might punish him.
That if anything were taken away from any of theirs, he should cause it to be restored; and they should do the like to his.
If any did unjustly war against him, they would aid him; if any did war against them, he should aid them.
What was Jonathan Edwards’ preaching style?
He would scare people by talking about hell and how God hates sinners then at the end saying if you accept Christ then you can be saved.
(passionate, angry)
Give three metaphors used by Jonathan Edwards in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.
“The wrath of God is like great waters that are damned for the present; they increase more and more, and rise higher and higher, till an outlet is given; and the longer the stream is stopped, the more rapid and might is its course, when once it is let loose.”
“The bow of God’s wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string, and justice bends the arrow at your heart and strains the bow, and it’s nothing but the mere pleasure of God, and that of an angry God, without any promise or obligation at all, that keeps the arrow one moment away from being made drunk with your blood.”
“The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked.”
