1600-1800: An Emerging Nation (The country is new!)

For many people, early America was an experiment in hope. Explorers seeking adventure, settlers searching for religious freedom, colonists building communities, revolutionaries designing a new government– all embraced their challenges with a sense of faith and purpose. Writers of the day recorded & interpreted the extraordinary experiences of these ordinary people. They & their fellow colonists imagined and created an entirely new country and unique way of life.

For many people, early America was an experiment in hope. Explorers seeking adventure, settlers searching for religious freedom, colonists building communities, revolutionaries designing a new government– all embraced their challenges with a sense of faith and purpose. Writers of the day recorded & interpreted the extraordinary experiences of these ordinary people. They & their fellow colonists imagined and created an entirely new country and unique way of life.

Europeans were new to the country and unaware it was already inhabited… -by whom? -what must that have been like for both peoples? How was America described by the early settlers and what kinds of things were written about by early writers? (19)

Europeans were new to the country and unaware it was already inhabited…

-by whom?

-what must that have been like for both peoples?

How was America described by the early settlers and what kinds of things were written about by early writers? (19)

1 st permanent colony Colonists still thought of themselves as English subjects (though no rep. in Parliament) Were at first loyal to England Then broke with England d/t “taxation w/o representation”

1 st permanent colony

Colonists still thought of themselves as English subjects (though no rep. in Parliament)

Were at first loyal to England

Then broke with England d/t “taxation w/o representation”

Many of the settlers were Puritans. Who were they? Religious group- English Protestants All about simplifying and purifying (hence their name) Super pious (devoted to their religion and their god) Very moral

Many of the settlers were Puritans. Who were they?

Religious group- English Protestants

All about simplifying and purifying (hence their name)

Super pious (devoted to their religion and their god)

Very moral

The Enlightenment: people started re-thinking government- one more directed by the people The Great Awakening: Some thought Puritan ideas were being lost so called for a return to Puritanism. A new wave of religious enthusiasm began. Both of these, while not at all the same, caused people to question traditional authority, eventually leading colonists to break from Britain’s control and to embrace democracy.

The Enlightenment: people started re-thinking government- one more directed by the people

The Great Awakening: Some thought Puritan ideas were being lost so called for a return to Puritanism. A new wave of religious enthusiasm began.

Both of these, while not at all the same, caused people to question traditional authority, eventually leading colonists to break from Britain’s control and to embrace democracy.

Native American Exploration & Early Settlers Puritan Tradition Writers of the Revolution

Native American

Exploration & Early Settlers

Puritan Tradition

Writers of the Revolution

There were more than 300 N.A. cultures and 200 diff. languages. 1 thing was common to all: storytelling. They didn’t have written language, though, so stories were passed generation to generation through oral tradition . Creation stories explain how the universe and humans came into being

There were more than 300 N.A. cultures and 200 diff. languages. 1 thing was common to all: storytelling.

They didn’t have written language, though, so stories were passed generation to generation through oral tradition .

Creation stories explain how the universe and humans came into being

Journals, diaries, letters, logs, and historical narratives of the 1 st settlers describe in vivid detail what America looked like then and detailed its sights, wonders, dangers, and challenges. Gives us detailed accounts of the explorers and tells us what early colonial life was like

Journals, diaries, letters, logs, and historical narratives of the 1 st settlers describe in vivid detail what America looked like then and detailed its sights, wonders, dangers, and challenges.

Gives us detailed accounts of the explorers and tells us what early colonial life was like

Puritans mostly wrote about the Bible and religious life. Their writing, like their lives and beliefs, were simple and fancy-free. They kept it simple and focused on religion and moral behavior. A lot of them wrote about sermons , the messages preachers delivered to their congregations in church. Puritan poetry was written mainly as a way to explore the relationship betw. people and God

Puritans mostly wrote about the Bible and religious life. Their writing, like their lives and beliefs, were simple and fancy-free. They kept it simple and focused on religion and moral behavior.

A lot of them wrote about sermons , the messages preachers delivered to their congregations in church.

Puritan poetry was written mainly as a way to explore the relationship betw. people and God

They focused their writing on matters of government rather than religion. Wrote a lot of pamphlets and propaganda. They started political debates and caused people to join their causes or their ways of thinking.

They focused their writing on matters of government rather than religion.

Wrote a lot of pamphlets and propaganda.

They started political debates and caused people to join their causes or their ways of thinking.