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The Spread of New Ideas
A Colonial Boy Studies At Home
The Importance of Education
• The Puritans in New
England stressed education
so people could read the
Bible
• The Puritans started public
schools in Mass.
• A big difference between
public school then and
today is that Puritan public
schools had to study the
Bible
• There were no schools in
the south because people
lived far from each other
A Dame School, Where Women Taught
Children How to Read
American Literature – Anne Bradstreet
• Anne Bradstreet
• The Tenth Muse, Lately
Sprung in America
(1650)
• Expressed the joys and
hardships of Puritan life
Anne Bradstreet
American Literature – Phillis Wheatley
• Phillis Wheatley
• Wrote poems (1760s)
• An enslaved African
who wrote in a
scholarly style
Phillis Wheatley
American Literature – Benjamin
Franklin
• Benjamin Franklin
• Pennsylvania Gazette
and Poor Richard’s
Almanac (1733-1753)
• Most widespread
newspaper and his
book was filled with
pithy sayings
• “Eat to live, not live to
eat”
Benjamin Franklin
The Great Awakening
• By the 1700s, religion
had become less strict
• As a result the Great
Awakening occurred
among many Christians
stressing Christian
values
• It was one of the first
“national” movements
• It led to the creation of
many new churches
Jonathan Edwards, A Leading Figure
in the Great Awakening
The Enlightenment
• The Enlightenment was
an intellectual
movement in Europe
• Philosophers tried to
solve all problems with
reason
• Thinkers looked for
“natural laws” that
governed politics,
society, and economics
European Thinkers Demonstrate New
Experiments
John Locke
• John Locke
• Two Treatises on
Government (1690)
• Locke argued people
had natural rights
• Challenged the idea of
divine right
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
• Baron de Montesquieu
• The Spirit of Laws
(1748)
• Argued powers should
be clearly defined and
limited
• Favored the separation
of powers
Baron de Montesquieu