Puritan Unit

Puritans wrote mostly to examine their lives and relationships with

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What were the most common types of texts from the Puritan era?

• Diaries/histories

• Sermons

• Plays

• Poetry

Predestination/the Elect

• Person voted President

• Someone elected to power

• Those chosen by God for the afterlife

• Being able to see the future

Why did the Puritans come to the New World?

• To escape indentured servitude

• To get rich quickly

• To gain religious freedom

• All of the above

Name ONE of the societal contributions from the Puritans that still exist in our society today.

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Why was Anne Bradstreet looked down upon?

• She was a witch

• She was female

• She hated her husband

• She wrote poetry

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A capitalized pronoun (He) in Puritan text was a reference to whom?

• A woman's husband

• A minister/preacher

• God

• Some dude

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What images did Jonathan Edwards use in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" to shock and persuade his listeners?

• Hellfire, flames

• Spiders

• The hand of God

• All of the above

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What was the purpose of Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God" sermon? Who was he trying to persuade?

• Trying to convince ministers to preach more about hellfire

• Trying to convince people to go to church more often

• Trying to persuade the unregenerates (unsaved)

• Trying to convince women to marry

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CCSS.RL.8.3

We know from "Of Plymouth Plantation" that the Puritans feared

• Water

• Corn

• Nature

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