•Unit Intro•Native American Origin Myths•Christopher Columbus•John Smith•William Bradford•Olaudah Equiano•Bradstreet and Taylor •Jonathan Edwards

Jamestown was the first colony, more than a century after finding America

Columbus landed in 1492 Native Americans were here sometime between

12,000 and 70,000 years ago Separatists sailed in 1620 and founded Plymouth Puritans found the Massachusetts Bay Colony Southern colonies were warmer and had more slaves Native American myths told by word of mouth Puritans believed strongly in education Few southern writers before 1750

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Onondaga, Navajo, Modoc, Iroquois four major tribes

Onondaga lived in now central New York State Navajo lived in southwest American and is

largest today Modoc lived in Oregon and Northern California Iroquois lived in Northeastern America Onondaga wrote The World on Turtle’s Back The World on Turtle’s Back is a origin myth

that says the world started on a turtles back

Modoc wrote When Grizzlies Walked Upright

The stories says that humans are a cross-breed of Gods and grizzle bears

The Navajo Origin Legend states that everything was created in 12 days and there was ceremonies done by the gods

The Iroquois Constitution was an alliance drawn up to united the Native American nations

Was opposed with Marco Polo Convinced Queen Isabella to found his

voyage Did not know he found America Wrote Journal of the First Voyage to

North America Made the New World sound great Made himself seem great in his writing Landed in 1492 in the Caribbean

Egotistical Helped make Jamestown the first

successful colony in North America Embellished his writings with his own

pen Wrote the General History of Virginia He wrote in the third person at times He made himself sound amazing Not a very nice guy

Governor of Plymouth for 31 years Was a great leader Wrote Of Plymouth Plantation Wrote in puritan plain style He was beloved by his fellow colonists He told things for how they were in his

writing

Was the son of a tribal leader Brought to America at the age of

eleven years Bought his freedom with money he

saved up Wrote the Interesting Narrative of the

Life of Olaudah Equiano The book was about his life as a slave He spoke out against slavery

everywhere

Bradstreet was a women who wrote poetry and that was bad

She wrote a poem called “To My Dear and Loving Husband”

It was a sin to write about anything but God

The poem told all about her love for her husband

She wrote in the Puritan Plain Style

Taylor was a teacher, minister and physician

Only published two poems in his life Thought his connection with God was

personal