Historical and Literary Terms

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self-government

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a system of government in which people make their own laws

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colonies

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a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.

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Puritanism

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The religion of a group of religious dissidents who came to the New World so they would have a location to establish a "purer" church than the one that existed in England

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Enlightenment

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a movement that emphasized science and reason as guides to help see the world more clearly

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Great Awakening

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Religious revival in the American colonies of the eighteenth century, during which a number of new Protestant churches were established.

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Revolutionary War

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A war between the British and the colonists. The colonists wanted to be free of British rule.

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Amerigo Vespucci

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A mapmaker and explorer who said that America was a new continent, so America was named after him.

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Protestant

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a member or follower of any of the Western Christian churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church and follow the principles of the Reformation, including the Baptist, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches.

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Rhetoric

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the art of using language effectively and persuasively

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ethos

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beliefs or character of a group