| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Anne Bradstreet | "I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my hand a needle better fits" |
| Edward Taylor | "That I am Cloathd in Holy robes for glory" |
| Samuel Sewall | "Said were there to drink the Queen's Health, and they had many other Healths to drink" |
| William Bradford | "After they had enjoyed enjoyed fair winds and weather for a season, they were encountered many times with cross winds and met with many fierce storms..." |
| John Smith | "Notwithstanding, within an hour after they tied him to a tree, and as many as could stand about him prepared to shoot him" |
| Solomon | "Dance, dance, dear Shulamite, Angel-Princess!" |
| John Berryman | "We are on each other's hands who care" |
| ethos | the distinctive spirit and attitude of a people, culture, etc. |
| jeremiad | an elaborate and prolonged lamentation or a tale of woe |
| androcentrism | centered or focused on men |
| seminal | germinative; of or pertaining to the origin |
| 1607 | John Smith and Jamestown |
| 1620 | Pilgrims arrive |
| Act of Supremacy | enacted by King Henry VIII; gave him the power of God |
| Puritan Revolution | English Civil War; Cavaliers vs Roundheads |
| The Interregnum | an interval between sovereign reign |
| Oliver Cromwell | Lord Protector of England |
| Plymouth Colony | Plymouth Plantation + Massachusetts Bay Colony + Martha's Vineyard |
| The Elect | group selected by God to enter heaven; few people |
| the Original Sin | Eve bit the apple |
| "city upon a hill" | perfect society |
| Theocracy | government ruled by religion |
| Wedding of Elizabeth of York and King Henry VII | ended English Civil War |
| Anne Bradstreet | married at age 16 |
| Anne Bradstreet | wrote about woman and their troubles |
| Anne Bradstreet | "I heard two sisters reason on Things that are the past and things to come" |
| Anne Bradstreet | "If ever two were on, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee" |
| Anne Bradstreet | "And piteous shrieks of dreadful voice. That fearful sound of "fire!" and "fire!" Let no man know is my Desire" |
| Edward Taylor | uses "conceit", a literary term |
| Edward Taylor | a Puritan Minister |
| Samuel Sewall | a secular Puritan |
| Samuel Sewall | wrote "Selling of Joseph", an antislavery piece |
| Samuel Sewall | asked forgiveness for his participation in the Salem Witch Trials |
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