Notes on New England Colonies

l Digital History ID 3791 Irnteirprei:ing Statistics �eading 1: Profane no Divine ordinance. Touch no state matters. Urge no healths. Pick .no quarrels. Encoµrage no.vice. Repeqt no grievances. Reveal no secr:ets. Maint�in no ill opinions. Make no comparisons. Keep.no bad company. Make no long meals. Lay. no -wagers. u Se::... .. fxp cu �h ed use,, :J j SCt-l-, I 0 lP'l, • i (')():;:;,e., eae-h �0-i..1,...v � Seo,rc.h �IT'( WCYw! $ "I. i .-_,.1 • !. II'\ -e., e�_O,_,f·' f'�().&t1:j ev I c�. 1 ,.nA \,I ��l ,,,. ·•- r,llw,.;+ :�) \ �'(ri OU,..,i ' ., -\�-."' (t? tl. Ct /r1 The twelve good ·rules of Puritan behavior Reading .2: l/7 Adam's• Fall We Sinned all. Thy Life to Mend This Book Attend. The Cat doth play And after. flay. A dog will bite A Thief at night. The Idle Fool Is whipt at school. The New England Primer, 1691 ReacHng 3: Surely there is in all children... a stubbornness and stoutness of mind arising from natural pride, which must, in the first place be broken and beaten down; that so the foundation of their education being laid in humility and tractableness, other virtues may, in their time, be built thereon. For the beating and keeping down of this stubbornness parents must provide carefully ...that the children's wills and willfulness be restrained and repress�d, and that, in time; lest-�ooner than they imagine, the tender springs grow to that stiffness, that they will rather break than bow. John Robinson is. qS f ✓ Reading 4: God's -universal law gave to man despotic power Over his female in due awe. John Milton Reading 5: Some false principles were these: 1. That a man might sell as dear as he can, and buy as cheap as he can. 2. If a man lose by casualty of sea in some of this commodities, he may raise the price of the rest. 3. That he may sell as he bought, though he paid too dear and though the commodity be fallen. 4. That, as a man may take the advantage of his own skill and ability, so he may of another's ignorance or necessity.... John Winthrop, 1649 Reading 6: The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you and is dreadfully provoked. His wrath toward you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else but to be cast into the fire. Jonathan Edwards, 1734 Questions To Think About 1. Identify the basic Puritan beliefs illustrated in these quotations. 2. What do these quotations suggest about Puritan attitudes toward women and children? 3. In what ways did the Puritans attempt to make religion a controlling force in everyday life? 4. Based on these quotations, do you consider Puritanism a repressive and intolerant moral and religious code or as a rigorous and realistic attempt to face up to the harsh realities of life? Colonial Trade Project Directions \rh \ \ i' CL«Ghurq Your task is to create a poster to explain the trade to your classmates. Include the following on your poster: • Images • Title, names, hour and list of sources • Typed information about what a person did when he/she did the job/trade and how important it was to people in the Colonial time period • Include information about items the person worked with or made and how the person was trained/how long it took and where the person would learn the trade and where the person would most likely work. • Explain how the trade is the same today as it was back then and how it is different today than during the Colonial time period. • Be sure to tell your classmates other interesting information you found as you researched your trade. ··-r-rwlec,