PPT-The Puritan Mind i n Early American Culture

Stefan Brandt stefanbrandtunigrazat KarlFranzensUniversität Graz Guest Professor Università Ca Foscari Venice Time Travel First encounters between European settlers. Americas. [ 1.1 ] The Early . Americas. Learning Objectives. Explain how people first reached the Americas.. Describe early civilizations and cultures of the Americas.. Identify the human and physical characteristics of regions.. A NEW NATION. “In establishing American independence the pen and the press had merit equal to that of the sword.”. . -. The History of the American Revolution (1789). 18. th. century = The enlightenment. Life in the Chesapeake. Illnesses. Life expectancy. Men to Women Ratio 6:1. HOW SLAVERY CAME TO THE U.S.. Indentured Servants. Indentured servants became the first means to meet this need for labor. In return for free passage to Virginia, a laborer worked for four to five years in the fields before being granted freedom. The Crown rewarded planters with 50 acres of land for every inhabitant they brought to the New World. Naturally, the colony began to expand. That expansion was soon challenged by the Native American confederacy formed and named after Powhatan. th. century (including the Massachusetts Bay Colony). DOCUMENT D: Image of Giles . Corey, accused of witchcraft, . being pressed to death in Salem (1692) . This demonstrates Puritan intolerance because . American Literature. 1607-1765. 1607 - Jamestown is settled. 1765 The Stamp Act starts the American Revolution. The Beginning and End. . Characteristics of Literature in the Colonial Period. Influenced heavily by British writers. Discuss what you know about…. The Young Puritan’s Code. Read the text with a partner paraphrasing each resolution in the margin.. Do we see any of these resolutions in today’s society?. Discussing The Puritan Code. Native American. Western. Emphasis on the circle . View life as a continuance, or series of repeating cycles. Example: seasons, circle of life (birth, death, rebirth). Death is not an ending, continuance of the cycle. An APUSH Thematic Lecture. Historical Period 2 1607 - 1754. Mr. Tinker. Key Concept 2.1: Differences in imperial goals, cultures, and the North American environments that different empires confronted led Europeans to develop diverse patterns of colonization.. Warm-Up. Colonial America: . 1587-1770. 3-2 The New England Colonies. Religion and Colonization (Bkgd.). 1517- Martin Luther. German monk; publishes criticisms of Catholic Church (corrupt). 1000’s support his attempt to reform Catholic Church . Vikings reach Canada – 1000AD. Spanish. Columbus 1492. Ponce de Leon reaches Florida 1513. St. Augustine 1565. British. Roanoke 1580s. Jamestown 1607. Recreated Norse Sod Longhouse. Why Britain colonized America. Unit 1 A Gathering of Voices. (Beginnings to 1750). Significant Historical Events. EQ: How does the literature of Early America reflect the beliefs and culture of the people?. 1492 – Columbus. 1620 – Puritans. (The Colonial Age) . 1600-1800. Also recognized as the . “Age of Faith”. America .  . The Discovery - 1492 by Christopher Columbus.  . Exploration – . Alvar. Nunez . Cabeza. de . Vaca.  . 36 years after Columbus. sters in Print and Paint American Historical Print Collectors Society Providence RI 2019 Paper Domestic Masculinity and the Politics of Home Furnishings Organization of American Historians Annual Meet African American & Indigenous Peoples. Focus Population: . African American & Indigenous families. Pressing Issue. : African American and Native American families experience homelessness at a disproportionate rate in Hennepin County.