| Term | Definition |
| Date Jamestown was Settled | 1607 |
| Date Plymouth was settled | 1620 |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | Area that contained the Plymouth settlement |
| Predestination | Life is predetermined (important belief of Puritans) |
| What was Poetry the equivalent of | Enlightenment |
| Mayflower Compact | First form of govt in new world |
| Problems in New England | Disease; Harsh winters; Indians (Barbarians) |
| Bradford's Book | Of Plymouth Plantation |
| Style that Bradford Used | Puritan Plain Style |
| Edwards two types of writings | Elegies, Lyrical Poems |
| Elegy | Poem of mourning, directed to public figures |
| Conceit | Extended Metaphor |
| Jonathan Edwards Grandfathers' Job | Priest |
| Jonathan Edwards | one of the leaders of the great awakening |
| Fire and Brimstone | Another name for Edwards 6 hour sermon |
| Feeling Edwards put into his listeners | Fear |
| Name of his Famous 6 hour speech | Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God |
| A conceit in the Fire and Brimstone sermon | The Spider dangling over Fire |
| William Bradford | One of the original Plymouth Colonists, led colony to success |
| Edward Taylor | Best Colonial Poet, strong belief in Purtian religion |