Background Information on the Puritans 1492 Christopher Columbus lands in the Bahamas 1607 – Jamestown established 1620-Pilgrims land 1636-Harvard College.
AMERICAN LITERATURE’S COLONIAL ROOTS THE PURITAN LEGACY.
Puritanism 1560-1770. What is a Puritan? The Puritans were single-minded visionaries convinced of the rightness of their beliefs, but they were also practical.
Pilgrims and Puritans Plymouth Colony Mayflower, 1620 Plymouth Colony Passengers were Puritans who were critical of the Church of England. Left England.
1492 Christopher Columbus lands in the Bahamas 1607 – Jamestown established 1620-Pilgrims land 1636-Harvard College founded Background Information on the.
Roman Catholic Church Background and Factors Leading to the Protestant Reformation.
Pilgrims and Puritans: Calvinism comes to 17 th Century America
The Puritan Period Literature of the Period Native Americans Massachusetts Puritans –Oral tradition (continues today) –Myths: traditional.
The Puritan Legacy American Literature’s Colonial Roots.
Beginnings: America until 1800 Lit Book pg. 2. The Europeans Arrive By the 1490s, the wave of European explorers began The first detailed European accounts.
Calvinism: the theological system of French/Swiss theologian and his followers, marked by strong emphasis on the sovereignty of God, the depravity of humankind,
Beginnings: America until 1800
