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2. Who do pilgrims refer to?
• The English Puritans who sailed on the Mayflower to New England, where they founded Plymouth Colony in SE Massachusetts (1620).
Questions about American Literature
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1. What were the first American writings
• The first writings in American literature were the narratives and journals of the early colonial settlements.
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4.Who was the first American writer?
• John Smith wrote about the exploration in A
True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath Happened in Virginia Since the First Planning of That Colony and became the
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6. Define 'American Puritanism'
• Puritanism is the practices and beliefs of the Puritans. Puritanism had spoken for the preeminence of the individual, for freedom from oppressive governments, and for the value of learning and education. Original sin, predestination and salvation were the basic ideas of American Puritanism. And, hard-working, piousness thrift and sobriety were praised. It led Americans to examine their beliefs, their world, and each other. It gave ordinary men and women a sense of purpose. It encouraged them to scrutinize issues in religion and in government and to speak out. At its height, Puritanism served as the dominant force in the 7/8 creating of American literature.
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3. What does the Promised Land mean?
• The land of Canaan, which was promised by Gold to Abraham and his people in Bible. • An ancient country in southeastern Asia on the east cost of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism.
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first American Writer.
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5. What does the theocracy mean?
• Theocracy is a form of government in which religion and government are combined in to one. • A theocracy is a society which is ruled by priests who represent Gold.