Colonial Period 17th Century

Colonial Period
17th Century

Colonial Period
(1620-1750)
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Newly arrived colonists create villages and towns and establish new
governments while protesting the old ways in Europe

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Did notconsider themselves “Americans” until mid-18C

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Enormous displacement of Native-American civilizations
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French—St Lawrence River

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Swedes—Delaware River

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Dutch—Hudson River

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German andScots-Irish—New York and Pennsylvania

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Spanish—Florida

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Africans (mostly slaves) were throughout the colonies

Colonial Period
(1620-1750)
 Literature

of the period dominated by the Puritans
andtheir religious influence
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emphasis is on faith in one’s daily life
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a person’s fate is determined by God

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all are corrupt and need a Savior

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theocracy--civil authority in Bible and church

nature is revelation of God’s providence and power

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Puritan work ethic—belief in hard work and simple, no-frills
living

Colonial Period (1620-1750)


Writing is utilitarian; writers are amateurs(not
professional writers)

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Writing is instructive—sermons, diaries, personal
narratives,

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Puritan Plain Style– simple, direct

Colonial Period
(1620-1750)
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Representative authors:
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WiliamBradford (journal)

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Anne Bradstreet (poetry)

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Jonathan Edwards (sermon)

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Mary Rowlandson (captivity narrative)

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Phillis Wheatley (poetry)

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Olaudah Equiano (slave narrative)

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