American Studies 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mary Rowlandson, Captivity Narrative, Body Politic

• School: Western University
• Department: American Studies
• Course: American Studies 1020
• Professor: Tom Cull

Document Summary

Building america: john winthrop, the puritans and the city. Columbus sailed in 1492 looking for asia but he ended up in the new world. He believed he was the first person to set foot on the new land but he found people there. The country is named after amerigo vespucci who realized that he was actually on a new landmass. Explored in the early age of colonization. The colonies are governed by the home country. Came out of the calvinist protestant tradition. Felt that the protestant revolution in the church of england had not gone far enough in purging roman catholic traditions and practices; they wanted to purify the church. Their beliefs put them at odds with the english monarchy, particularly charles i who was intolerant of radical puritan theology. Different from pilgrims as the puritans did not want to break away from the church of. Belief in the sanctity and authority of god"s word the bible.