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Early America - Coggle Diagram
Early America
Historical Background
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Pilgrims and puritans
They landed in North America and
established a settlement at what is now
Plymouth, Massachusetts
In America, the Puritans hoped to establish what
John Winthrop,governor of the colony, called a
"city" upon a hill"
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Central beliefs
They had the idea that human beings exists for the glory
of God and that the Bible is the sole expression of God's Will
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They wrote Theological studies,
hymns, histories, biographies, and autobiographies
The southern planters
The southern colonies differed from New England in
climate, crops, social organization, and religion
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Literature of the period
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Southern Writers
Those who were educated produced a substancial amount of
writing, but it was mostly of a practical nature
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