beginnings to 1800 american literature. the first migration 20,000 to 40,000 years ago, ice age...
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BEGINNINGS TO 1800BEGINNINGS TO 1800
AMERICAN LITERATUREAMERICAN LITERATURE
THE FIRST MIGRATIONTHE FIRST MIGRATION
20,000 TO 40,000 YEARS AGO, 20,000 TO 40,000 YEARS AGO, ICE AGE HUNTERS TRAVELLED ICE AGE HUNTERS TRAVELLED FROM SIBERIA.FROM SIBERIA.
BY THE 1490’S, AMERICAN BY THE 1490’S, AMERICAN INDIANS WERE SCATTERED INDIANS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE CONTINENT.ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
THE EXPLORERSTHE EXPLORERS
THE FIRST WRITTEN THE FIRST WRITTEN OBSERVATIONS ON THIS OBSERVATIONS ON THIS CONTINENT WERE RECORDED BY CONTINENT WERE RECORDED BY SPANISH AND FRENCH EXPLORERS.SPANISH AND FRENCH EXPLORERS.
THEIR DESCRIPTIONS OF BEAUTY THEIR DESCRIPTIONS OF BEAUTY AND WEALTH LED TO AN INCREASE AND WEALTH LED TO AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF EXPEDITIONS.IN THE NUMBER OF EXPEDITIONS.
THE PURITANSTHE PURITANS THE FIRST ENGLISH PURITANS THE FIRST ENGLISH PURITANS
LANDED ON THIS CONTINENT IN 1620 LANDED ON THIS CONTINENT IN 1620 0N THE TIP OF CAPE COD.0N THE TIP OF CAPE COD.
““PURITAN” REFERS TO PURITAN” REFERS TO PROTESTANT GROUPS THAT PROTESTANT GROUPS THAT WANTED TO PURIFY THE CHURCH WANTED TO PURIFY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.OF ENGLAND.
THEY WANTED TO RETURN TO THEY WANTED TO RETURN TO SIMPLER FORMS OF WORSHIP SIMPLER FORMS OF WORSHIP AND CHURCH ORGANIZATION.AND CHURCH ORGANIZATION.
THE PURITANSTHE PURITANS
THEY HAD SUFFERED THEY HAD SUFFERED PERSECUTION IN ENGLAND.PERSECUTION IN ENGLAND.
FOR THEM, RELIGION WAS A FOR THEM, RELIGION WAS A PERSONAL INNER EXPERIENCE. PERSONAL INNER EXPERIENCE. THEY DID NOT AGREE WITH THEY DID NOT AGREE WITH INTERFERENCE FROM THE INTERFERENCE FROM THE GOVERNMENT.GOVERNMENT.
PURITAN BELIEFSPURITAN BELIEFS
MOST PEOPLE ARE SINNERS MOST PEOPLE ARE SINNERS BECAUSE OF THE ORIGINAL BECAUSE OF THE ORIGINAL SIN OF ADAM AND EVE.SIN OF ADAM AND EVE.
THERE WERE ONLY A FEW THERE WERE ONLY A FEW CALLED THE “ELECT” WHO CALLED THE “ELECT” WHO WOULD BE SAVED AND GO TO WOULD BE SAVED AND GO TO HEAVEN.HEAVEN.
THE PURITANSTHE PURITANS
THEIR POLITICAL VIEWS WERE THEIR POLITICAL VIEWS WERE UNDEMOCRATIC.UNDEMOCRATIC.
THEY BELIEVED THE “ELECT” THEY BELIEVED THE “ELECT” (WHOEVER THEY WERE) (WHOEVER THEY WERE) SHOULD EXERT GREAT SHOULD EXERT GREAT INFLUENCE ON THE INFLUENCE ON THE GOVERNMENT.GOVERNMENT.
CHARACTERISTICS OF PURITAN CHARACTERISTICS OF PURITAN WRITINGWRITING
THE BIBLE WAS THEIR MODEL FOR THE BIBLE WAS THEIR MODEL FOR WRITING.WRITING.
THEY USED WRITING TO EXPLORE THEY USED WRITING TO EXPLORE THEIR LIVES FOR SIGNS OF GOD’S THEIR LIVES FOR SIGNS OF GOD’S WORK.WORK.
DIARIES AND HISTORIES WERE THE DIARIES AND HISTORIES WERE THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF WRITING.MOST COMMON TYPES OF WRITING.
THEY PREFERRED PLAIN STYLETHEY PREFERRED PLAIN STYLE..
THE SALEM WITCH TRIALSTHE SALEM WITCH TRIALS
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS (1691-SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS (1691-1692) EXPERIENCED MASS HYSTERIA 1692) EXPERIENCED MASS HYSTERIA WHEN IT WAS BELIEVED THAT WHEN IT WAS BELIEVED THAT YOUNG GIRLS WERE FALLING UNDER YOUNG GIRLS WERE FALLING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF WITCHCRAFT.THE INFLUENCE OF WITCHCRAFT.
ACCUSED WITCHES, SOME VERY ACCUSED WITCHES, SOME VERY PROMINENT PEOPLE, WERE EITHER PROMINENT PEOPLE, WERE EITHER JAILED OR EXECUTED.JAILED OR EXECUTED.