Colonial Literature Study Guide PDF
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This document contains a study guide for colonial literature. It includes questions about key figures in American literature. The questions are a list of study guide prompts and are arranged sequentially based on the listed topics. Example topics include Native American reactions to explorers and the historical and political contexts in the colonial period
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Colonial Literature Study Guide Native Americans reaction to Christopher Columbus and his men - What was Christopher Columbus' belief till the day he died? - What was the Native Americans' reaction to Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and the other white men with him? - Edward Taylor wrote...
Colonial Literature Study Guide Native Americans reaction to Christopher Columbus and his men - What was Christopher Columbus' belief till the day he died? - What was the Native Americans' reaction to Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and the other white men with him? - Edward Taylor wrote a poem called "Huswifery". Without going into details, what was this poem about, in general? - Anne Bradstreet was the first what? How were her poems different from most Puritan literature? - What was Benjamin Franklin's plan to become a better person (be as detailed as possible)? Name three virtues. - Benjamin wrote *Poor Richard's Almanack.* What was an almanac, and what did he include in it? - What did Benjamin Franklin think of the Constitution? What was the purpose of his speech at the Constitutional Convention? - The whole middle part of the Declaration of Independence consisted of? - In Thomas Paine's *The Crisis,* he writes, "These are the times that try men's souls"; and then he mentions "summer soldiers" and "sunshines patriots". What do these phrases mean? Why did he write this essay? - What are the three "firsts" of Phillis Wheatley? Which goddess does Phillis Wheatley liken George Washington to, and why? - - What is Patrick Henry's famous line from his speech in the Virginia Convention? Why did he give this speech? - - What is the captivity narrative? What pattern did they follow? - - Who was Abigail Adams? What did her letter consist of? - - Michel Guillaume Jean de Crevecouer described an American. What was his definition of an American? What phrase did he come up with that we still use today? - - What kind of literature did this period of American Literature mainly include? - Describe some of the harsh conditions Olaudah Equiano had to endure? - - - Tell me two elements of the Iroquois Constitution. - -
