Unit One Review
BEGINNINGS-1750
BY: OLIVIA SCHNEIDER, NATALIE
CHRISTOPHER, AND MACKENZIE CONRAD
Intro (4-9)
 Native Americans had oral literature (passed down
stories by word of mouth)
Good
Bad
Change stories to make more
sense
The original stories change
Story changes to have better
outcomes
Archaeologists have to get all of
the information about them
from artifacts
Intro Continued (4-9)
 Puritans
-established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1620
-the government was a theocracy (based on God)
-they wanted to reform the church from within
 Pilgrims/Separatists
-established the Plymouth Colony in 1620
-withdrew completely from the church
Native Americans
 Myths- traditional stories, often about immortal beings, that ware passed
down from generation to generation
 Origin Myths- stories that tell the origins of earthly life
 Tribes
-Onondaga, lived in Central New York, stories- The Earth on Turtle’s Back
- Modoc, lived in Oregon and Northern California, stories- When Grizzlies
Walked Upright
- Navajo, lived in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, stories- The Navajo
Origin Legend
-Iroquois, lived in North Eastern U.S., stories- from The Iroquois
Constitution
Christopher Columbus
 Studied mapmaking and navigation
 Goal was to reach Asia from sailing around the world
(he died thinking that he did)
 Queen Elizabeth of Spain sponsored him
 Agreement- he got 10% of the riches from the new
land and he would be able to rule the new land
 Wrote Journal of the First Voyage to America
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Reason for Queen Elisabeth to keep on funding him
J ohn Smith (66-70)
 He learned from experience
 Led the first English colony in North America
-Jamestown Colony
-president for one year
-didn’t respect the Native Americans
 Wrote The General History of Virginia
-to convince people to move to Virginia
-hard to understand
William Bradford
 Studied mapping and navigation
 Help found the Plymouth Colony
-governor for 31 years
 Wrote Of Plymouth Plantation
-writes in Puritan Plan Style
-friendly with the Native Americans
-very religious
Bradford vs. Smith
Bradford
Smith
Olaudah Equiano (42-47)
 Prince in his African village
 He wrote, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of
Olaudah Equiano
- horrible traveling conditions for slaves included:
didn’t see daylight for a long time, in chains, just
kept healthy enough for them to survive.
- wrote it in big words to try and show that just
because he was black he wasn’t stupid.
Anne Bradstreet
 Wrote a love poem to her husband
- “To My Dear and Loving Husband”
-published in 1650
- used aa,bb,cc,dd,ee,ff rhyme scheme
Poetry shows the Puritan way of explaining stories and
the voice of the bible.
Her love to write poems was frowned upon by the
Puritan people and considered, “ unladylike”
Edward Taylor
 Wrote poem to God
- “Huswifery”
- was published in the 1930s after his poems were
found
-showed his love for God and how he wanted to
prove his faith in God