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Unit One Review

Maddi Simpson and Emily Lanthier. Unit One Review. The Story of the Times. Native Americans Christopher Columbus John Smith William Bradford Olaudah Equiano Bradstreet and Taylor Jonathan Edwards. Native Americans. Onondaga Influential force in the Iroquois Confederation

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Unit One Review

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  1. Maddi Simpson and Emily Lanthier Unit One Review

  2. The Story of the Times • Native Americans • Christopher Columbus • John Smith • William Bradford • OlaudahEquiano • Bradstreet and Taylor • Jonathan Edwards

  3. Native Americans • Onondaga • Influential force in the Iroquois Confederation • Lived in what is now Central New York State • Reservation in New York • Navajo • Largest Native America nation in the United States • Covers 24000 square miles of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico

  4. Native Americans cont. • Modoc • Lived in what is now Oregon and Northern California • Under the leadership of a sub chief known as Captain Jack • Iroquois • Lived in what is now North Eastern United States • Dekanawidah was an Iroquoian mystic and prophet • Led to formation of the Iroquois Confederation (Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Cayuga, and Onondaga)

  5. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) • One of history’s most famous explorers • Got his funding from Queen Isabella from Spain • Set sail on August 3rd 1492 • Reached one of the Bahama Islands on October 12th • Over the next 12 years, he made 3 more transatlantic voyages

  6. John Smith (1580-1631) • The General History of Virginia • Adventurer, poet, mapmaker and egotist • Earned a reputation of one of England's most famous explorers • Helped lead the first successful English colony into America • 10 years as a soldier • Landed in Virginia in 1607 • Founded Jamestown

  7. John Smith cont. • President of a colony from 1608-1609 • Helped to attain food, enforce discipline, and deal with the local Native Americans • Returned to England in 1609

  8. William Bradford (1590-1657) • He had endurance, intelligence and courage • Helped lead the Pilgrims to what is now Massachusetts • Elected governor after the first leader’s death • Re-elected 30 times • Organized the repayment of debts to financial backers • Encouraged new immigration

  9. William Bradford cont. • Good relations with Native Americans • Of Plymouth Plantation • Puritan Plain Style

  10. OlaudahEquiano (1745-1797) • Slave • Kidnapped from his home in West Africa and sold to British slave traders • Renamed GustavusVassa • Bought his freedom • Autobiographer • The Interesting Narrative

  11. Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) • Poet • Un-ladylike • Wrote about her husband • Bad • Massachusetts Bay Colony • Expressed her feelings about Puritan life • “To My Dear and Loving Husband”

  12. Edward Taylor (1642-1729) • Teacher in England • Arrived in Boston in 1668 • Entered Harvard college, graduated in 1671 • Minister in Westfield, Massachusetts • Regarded as the best of the colonial poets • Didn’t want to be known • Poems were published after his death

  13. Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) • Puritan preacher • Entered Yale at age 13 • Graduated 4 years later as valedictorian • Began preaching in 1747 • Pastor in Northampton, Massachusetts • Became a leader of the Great Awakening • Religious revival in the 1730s and 1740s

  14. Jonathan Edwards • “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” • 6 hour sermon • Appealed to fear and anger • Delivered to a congregation in Enfield, Connecticut

  15. THE END

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