In 1707 Jamestown closed as a permanent settlement.
False
The Native Americans usually greeted the earliest European settlers as enemies, inflicting tremendous hardships on them.
False
The Mayflower landed at Plymouth in 1670.
False
The Puritans wanted to create a new government in America called a democracy.
False
For the Puritans, religion affected every aspect of their life.
True
The Puritans believed that exist for the glory of God.
True
The first black slaves were brought to Massachusetts in 1590.
False
It was an oddly assorted group that established the foundation of American literature: The Native Americans with their preoccupation with sin, the Puritans with their busy social lives, and the Southern planters with their oral traditions.
False
The Puritans wrote poetry.
True
The Puritans founded Harvard University.
True
Jonathan Edwards wrote Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits, a history of the Mayflower.
False
The Puritans believed in a plain style of writing.
True
Just like the Puritans, much of what was produced during the Revolutionary period involved private soul-searching.