ABC FLASHCARDS PURITANS

A: ANNE BRADSTREET

• Is a poet who's house burned down

BRADFORD

• Was one of the first settlers who documented the land

C: CHRISTIAN FAITH

• They are puritans which is a type Christianity

D: DIMETER

• Is a measurement tool used to measure the length of poetic nots in a poem

ENGLAND

• Is the original home of the puritans before they left

F: FEAR OF GOD

• The puritans feared God for his almighty power, they knew that God judged them before they where born

G: GOD

• The creator of heaven and earth and who is feared by the puritans

H: HEAVEN

• Is where all Christians want to end up after there death especially the puritans

I: ILLITERATE

• Not all of the settlers had the ability to read when landing in Plymouth

J: JONATHAN EDWARDS

• He was born in Connecticut and graduated from Yale

K: KING JAMES

• Was the reason that the puritans left so they could have there separate beliefs

L: LOVING

• The Puritan God wasn't considered loving

MONOMETER

• Poem that has 1 "foot" of line in it

N: NATIVE AMERICANS

• The first people encountered in the new world by the pilgrims

O: OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION

• Plymouth is where they settled to create a colony in the new world

P: PURITANS

• The religion that the settlers believed in and believed that God is judging you for everything you do

R: RETURN

• The puritans didn't return to England after they left for the new world

S: SERVICE

• The puritans believed that service as well as community was viewed by God very greatly

T: TETRAMETER

• 4 "feet" in a line

Union

• The pilgrims where in a Union with God