Lecture Notes 1

Question 1

What was Columbus’s journal called

Answer 1

Journal of the first voyage to America

Question 2

Why did people travel to America

Answer 2

Looking for wealth and legends

Question 3

What did Columbus record in his journals

Answer 3

His findings, people he met, environment, plants and animals

Question 4

Why did Columbus log his findings

Answer 4

For Isabella and Ferdinand

Question 5

When did Europeans want to colonize America

Answer 5

End of the 16th century

Question 6

Why did people want the Americas colonized

Answer 6

New land, wages, religious freedom

Question 7

The first pieces of literature in North America

Answer 7

Pamphlets

Question 8

The first newspaper in the new world was called what and created when.

Answer 8

News from Virginia in 1610

Question 9

What were Europeans promised if they came to North America

Answer 9

Land, wages, and other benefits

Question 10

What changed European culture when they came to the new world

Answer 10

The Native American culture

Question 11

Why did the people of New England only have practical writings.

Answer 11

They had to clear the land and had no time for fun stuff

Question 12

What did the New England colonies and the southern colonies have in common

Answer 12

Fascination with the wilderness, desire for fair government, focus on practical matters.

Question 13

What literary form did native Americans use

Answer 13

Oral stories about nature and the Divine order

Question 14

What was an impressive Native American writing that was used partially as a model for the U.S. Constitution

Answer 14

The Iroquois constitution

Question 15

What works did they write in the New England colonies

Answer 15

They wrote sermons,journals, histories, prayers, and poetry

Question 16

What were serious topics the New England colonies wrote about

Answer 16

Sin, salvation, a lot of religion

Question 17

Philadelphia was known for which political document

Answer 17

Declaration of Independence

Question 18

What did the southern colonies write about

Answer 18

Planting aristocracy, historical narratives,journals, diary entries

Question 19

The southern colonies were awarded what by the king

Answer 19

Plantations

Question 20

Why did southerners have slaves

Answer 20

To work the plantations

Question 21

What did pioneers write about

Answer 21

Discovery, exploration, historical narratives

Question 22

What did John smith write

Answer 22

A general history of Jamestown and a historical narrative the founding of Jamestown

Question 23

What three nouns could be used to describe John smith

Answer 23

Adventurer egotist author

Question 24

What are John smiths years

Answer 24

1580-1631

Question 25

What was John smith the leader of

Answer 25

Jamestown, the first successful English colony

Question 26

What are William bradfords years

Answer 26

1590-1657

Question 27

What was William Bradford

Answer 27

Pilgrim

Question 28

What did William Bradford write

Answer 28

Of Plymouth plantation

Question 29

How many terms did William Bradford govern Plymouth

Answer 29

30

Question 30

What is of Plymouth plantation about

Answer 30

Historical narrative of the voyage to the new world and founding Plymouth

Question 31

What are jonathon Edwards dates

Answer 31

1703-1758

Question 32

Who is said to have started the great awakening

Answer 32

Jonathon Edwards

Question 33

What is the great awakening

Answer 33

Revival of Puritanism

Question 34

What type of words did Jonathan Edwards use

Answer 34

Scary emotional

Question 35

What are Edward Taylor's dates

Answer 35

1645-1729

Question 36

Who is the most talented poet of the colonial age

Answer 36

Edward Taylor

Question 37

What other occupations did Edward Taylor have

Answer 37

Physician and a minister

Question 38

First American woman to publish a volume of poetry and got away with it

Answer 38

Anne Bradstreet

Question 39

Anne Bradstreet dates

Answer 39

1612-1672

Question 40

The most important type of literature during the revolutionary period

Answer 40

Political literature

Question 41

When did the English start recognizing themselves as American

Answer 41

Revolutionary period

Question 42

Most important document of the 18 century

Answer 42

Declaration of Independence

Question 43

Benjamin Franklin dates

Answer 43

1706-1790

Question 44

What do historians call Ben Franklin and why

Answer 44

Renaissance man because he was so many things

Question 45

Thomas Jefferson dates

Answer 45

1743-1826

Question 46

Founded the university of Virginia

Answer 46

Thomas Jefferson

Question 47

Wrote common sense essay and American crisis essay

Answer 47

Thomas Paine

Question 48

Thomas Paine

Answer 48

1737-1809

Question 49

Phillis Wheatley dates

Answer 49

1753?-1784

Question 50

She was a poet and a slave

Answer 50

Phillis Wheatley

Question 51

Wrote sophisticated poetry in her second language English

Answer 51

Phillis Wheatley

Question 52

What historical figure did Phillis Wheatley write a poem for

Answer 52

George Washington

Question 53

Patrick Henry dates

Answer 53

1736-1799

Question 54

Most powerful orator of the American Revolution

Answer 54

Patrick Henry

Question 55

Patrick Henry s famous quote

Answer 55

Give me liberty or give me death

Question 56

Patrick Henry could make listeners feel what

Answer 56

Any emotion

Question 57

Michel guillaume jean de crevecoeur dates

Answer 57

1735-1813

Question 58

Wrote about the transformation of Europeans to Americans

Answer 58

Michel guillaume Jean de crevecoeur

Question 59

What did the American Dream turn into

Answer 59

American nightmare

Question 60

What happened when Michel guillaume Jean de crevecoeur returned to America

Answer 60

His family was killed and he was considered a spy

Question 61

Columbus kept what on his 1492 voyage

Answer 61

Journal