Amstu flashcards.txt

In 1707 Jamestown closed as a permanent settlement.
True False

The Native Americans usually greeted the earliest European settlers as enemies, inflicting tremendous hardships on them.
True False

The Mayflower landed at Plymouth in 1670.
True False

The Puritans wanted to create a new government in America called a democracy.
True False

For the Puritans, religion affected every aspect of their life.
True False

The Puritans believed that exist for the glory of God.
True False

The first black slaves were brought to Massachusetts in 1590.
True 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.
True False

The Puritans wrote poetry.
True False

The Puritans founded Harvard University.
True False

Jonathan Edwards wrote Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits, a history of the Mayflower.
True False

The Puritans believed in a plain style of writing.
True False

Just like the Puritans, much of what was produced during the Revolutionary period involved private soul-searching.
True False