US Colonial Flashcards
Colonial American authors and their works (15 cards)
William Bradford
Puritan Governor of Plymouth Colony
“Of Plimoth Plantation”
a detailed history of the founding of Plymouth Colony
Anne Bradstreet
Puritan poet
“To My Dear and Loving Husband”
Poem about passionate marital and eternal love
Thomas Harriot
American English mathematician, astronomer, linguist, and experimental s
“A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia”
evaluated the economic potential of VA
Increase Mather
President of Harvard, father of Cotton Mather
“An Essay for the Recording of Illustrious Providences”
considered one of the first scientific writings in America
Cotton Mather
Celebrated Puritan minister, son of Increase Mather
Magnalia Christi Americana
a history of the church
Overshadowed by Salem Witch Trials
Thomas Morton
American Lawyer
New English Canaan
criticized Puritan colonization of North America
known for beliefs in a liberal form of Christianity
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Spanish explorer - first to explore much of US Southwest
La Relación
considered the first written record of American Southwest
William Penn
Quaker, founder of Pennsylvania
born 10/14/1644
No Cross, No Crown
outlines a life of discipleship in Christ
Samuel Sewall
Magistrate. Infamous for judge in Salem Witch Trials
The Selling of Joseph
The first antislavery tract published in New England
John Smith
English soldier and explorer; Jamestown
True Relation of Virginia
Early details about Virginia
Edward Taylor
American minister and poet
“Preparatory Meditations” and “Gods Determinations touching his Elect”
poems
Nathaniel Ward
Puritan clergyman and author
“The Body of Liberties” (legal code)
legal for Mass. Bay Colony
Michael Wigglesworth
American Puritan minister and physician
The Day of Doom
Epic poem about Judgement Day
Roger Williams
Puritan minister and governor of present-day Rhode Island
The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution
defense of liberty of conscious
John Winthrop
Puritan leader and governor of Mass. Bay Colony
“A Model of Christian Charity” and “A City Upon a Hill”
Sermons
