century‚ the landscape served as the background of a painting‚ and the emphasis were the figures or scenes placed in the foreground. While in the seventeenth century‚ landscape paintings‚ such as Stone Bridge made by Rembrandt van Rijn in the late 1630s and After the Rain created by Jan van Goyen in 1631‚ depict the natural environment as the main focus of the image. Also‚ the figures in the image‚ used to animate the painting or to show the scale of the scene‚ are smaller and fewer in number as shown
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Maemae Moloney The National Experience: A History of the United States Outline Chapter 1: Making Use of a New World • The first American came from the Bearing Strait 20-40 thousand years ago and was followed by many to disperse into the various parts • The tribes of the Americas were very diverse • Those in South America were more advanced due to advancements in agriculture (corn)‚ architecture‚ astronomy and established governments and economies • North American Indians
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John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) also known as ‘The Renaissance poet’ was born in London on December 9‚ 1608‚ as a son of the composer John Milton and his wife Sarah Jeffrey into a middle-class family. The senior John Milton moved to London around 1583 after being disinherited by his devout Catholic father‚ Richard Milton‚ for embracing Protestantism. In London‚ the senior John Milton married Sarah Jeffrey‚ the poet ’s mother‚ and found lasting financial success as a scrivener. Milton
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different people; Plymouth was steeled by Separatists from the Church of England and Massachusetts Bay was steeled by Non-Separating Congregationalists‚ but those settlers are all Puritans. The settlers of Plymouth are 101 men‚ women and children. In Massachusetts Bay‚ over 1000 Puritans sail for America in 1631 after 1630. Jamestown is for those adventures looking for a quick profit. But in Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay‚ both of them settled up not for quick. Plymouth was settled to avoid persecution
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English monarchy after the Interregnum. The English Interregnum was a phase of parliamentary rule under the Commonwealth of England just after the English Civil War. During the Interregnum‚ the Puritan views of the majority of Parliament and its supporters began to be imposed on the rest of the country. The Puritans advocated a rigorous lifestyle and restricted that which they thought of as excess during the preceding rule.2 One of the excesses to be outright banned was theatre. However‚ with the English
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Daniel Defoe 1660-1731 He was an English journalist‚ businessman‚ pamphleteer‚ secret agent‚ novelist. He was a puritan and had interest in trade‚ which influenced most of his works. He belonged to the neo-classical period and is the father of the English realistic novel. Robinson Crusoe This novel tells the story of a man shipwrecked on a desert island. It is inspired by the various accounts of sea adventures which were published on newspapers and widely appreciated by tradesman‚ merchants and
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imported some of their agricultural products from other colonies. Nationalities - People in the New England colonies were all from England‚ and came to practice their own religion on the Mayflower. Year Founded : New Hampshire; 1638 Massachusetts; 1630 Connecticut; 1636 Rhode Island;
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Miller and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ women can travel outside of society’s norms. Women also played major role in both novels. These stories were written by totally opposite authors but the settings of these stories are the same‚ the Puritan era. Both authors portrayed the strengths of women while also portraying their downfalls too. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a story of lies‚ confusion‚ and infidelities. The story plot consisted of false accusations of
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AP Exam Essays 2001-2010 2010 AP Exam Essays 1. In what ways did ideas and values held by Puritans influence the political‚ economic‚ and social development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s? 2. Analyze the political‚ diplomatic‚ and military reasons for the United States victory in the Revolutionary War. Confine your answer to the period 1775–1783. 3. Analyze the ways in which controversy over the extension of slavery into western territories contributed to the coming
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Intolerance When Puritans arrived in America in 1620‚ they had experienced religious intolerance in the Old world‚ yet they still supported Europe’s theory that in order to have unity within a state‚ everyone must be of the same faith. Puritans believed in predestination‚ which meant that God had already decided which of his children would receive the privilege of going to heaven and which would not‚ and one could not persuade His judgment. This belief‚ along with the strict Puritan lifestyle‚ intertwined
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