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Title: The Colonial Period Timeline


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The Colonial Period Timeline Characteristics160
7-1765
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History Timeline
  • 1607 Jamestown, VA was settled
  • 1620 Plymouth, MA was settled
  • 1630 MA Bay Colony settled at Boston
  • 1640 1st printing press in America
  • 1695 Salem Witch Trials
  • 1741- The Great Awakening
  • 1760 Age of Reason begins

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Literature Timeline
  • 1624 General History of Virginia
  • 1630 Of Plymouth Plantation
  • 1640 Bay Psalm Book
  • 1650 Anne Bradstreets poetry
  • 1702 Puritan History
  • 1729 History of the Dividing Line
  • 1741 Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

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The Puritans (North)
  • 2 Kinds
  • Separatists (Pilgrims)
  • Break Free!
  • Puritans
  • Reform!

5
Influences on Puritans Pilgrims
  • Martin Luther
  • Men Wicked God All-Powerful
  • John Calvin
  • Predestination
  • Original Sin
  • You are all sinners!
  • Divine Providence
  • God is in control
  • Hard work

6
The Planters (South)
  • Concern for nature
  • Concern for society
  • Did not settle for religious reasons
  • Chivalry Southern Gentleman
  • Entertainment and distractions

7
Puritan Literature
  • Religious!!!
  • Puritan Plain Style
  • Emphasis on purification, plainness, and the
    Divine Mission

8
Southern Literature
  • Entertaining!
  • Fiction and drama
  • Emphasis on nature and society

9
Why permanent settlement in America?
  • South TOBACCO CRIMINAL ASYLUM!!
  • North RELIGION!
  • 3 Important Americanisms
  • Business drive
  • Pursuit of liberty
  • Religious zeal

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Types of Colonial Writing
  • Sermons
  • Diaries
  • Autobiographies
  • Allegories
  • Tracts
  • Devotional poems
  • Explorative Narratives
  • Almanacs
  • Journals
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