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Genesis 11:1-9 - The Tower of Babel - Now the whole - Bible Gateway

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Interesting facts-
-Some Native American tribes bent tress to mark their trails
-There is a Native American tribe of ultra runners known as the Tarahumara who can run 200 miles nonstop.
- A plague wiped out millions of Native Americans just before the pilgrims came.
30 Interesting Facts About Native Americans | KickassFacts.com

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Period Characteristics
-oral literature: epic narratives, creation myths, stories, poems, songs

-use stories to teach moral lessons and convey practical information about the natural world

-deep respect for nature and animals

-cyclical world view

-figurative language/parallelism

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Literature-
1651: Of Plymouth Plantation
1741: Jonathan Edwards "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" - Patrick Henry

Period Characteristics-
1) wrote in diaries and histories, which expressed their connection with God and their everyday life.
2) Wanted to purify the church of England by reforming to the simpler forms of worship.
3)Saw religion as an personal, inner experience
4) Believed in original sin and picked those who would be saved.
5) Plain style of writing.

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Interesting facts-
-Jamestown was located in Virginia and named after their first King, James I.
-The people drank from salty or slimy rivers that resulted in disease and lead to many deaths. They died from diseases like fevers, fluxes, caused by war or famine.
Links:
A Short History of Jamestown - Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

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Interesting facts-
-took place Massachusetts in Feb 1692 through May 1693.
- The Salem Witch Trails started with two girls having odd body positions, making strange noises and speaking in an gibberish.
- Tituba was the first person to admit to these trails and witchcraft.
11 Facts About the Salem Witch Trials | Mental Floss

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Interesting facts:
-The Enlightenment was caused by the 30 yr war.
- Was the beginning of many play and poems that expressed the authors beliefs.
-Development of physics and astronomy

What Are Some Interesting Facts About the Enlightenment Period? (reference.com)

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Literature:
The Constitution
The Bill of Rights
The Declaration of Independence

Period Characteristics:
1) Mostly comprised of philosophers, scientists, writing speeches and pamphlets.
2) Human beings can arrive at truth (God's rules) by deductive reasoning, rather than relying on authority of the past, religious faith, or intuition.

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Interesting facts about the constitution:
- The constitution is the world's shortest constitution.
-Benjamin Franklin was the oldest signer of the constitution at 81 yrs. old.
-Only 12 out of 13 colonies were present while drafting the constitution.
10 Little Known Facts about the U.S. Constitution (ivn.us)

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Period Name - Transcendentalism, "The American Renaissance"

Important Social and Political Movements:

Abolitionist Movement

Utopian Movement

Women's Suffrage Movement

Period Characteristics-
1) Everything in the world including human beings, is a reflection of the Divine Soul.
2) People can use their intuition to behold God's spirit revealed in nature or in their own souls.
3) Self reliance and individualism most outweigh external authority and blink conformity to tradition.
Interesting facts-
-It was born from a debate between the "New Light" theologians.
-It lasted around 10 yrs from 1830-1840 in eastern Massachusetts.
25 facts on transcendentalism - Aaron Alexander ENG 2333 American Transcendentalism Facts 1 It is a loose collection of eclectic ideas about literature | Course Hero
Picture two- Transcendentalism intersesting facts - Bing images

Transcendentalism

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 Industrialization, War of 1812, Carolina Gold Rush

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 Industrialization, War of 1812, Carolina Gold Rush

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1) Valued feeling, intuition, idealism, and inductive reasoning.
2)Place faith in inner experience and the power of imagination.
3) Shunned the artificiality of civilization and seek unspoiled nature as a path to spirituality.
4) Championed individual freedom and the worth of the individual.
5) Saw poetry as the highest expression of imagination.
6) Dark Romantics- Used dark and supernatural themes/settlings (Gothic style).

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2 interesting facts:
-was an artistic movement that arose in Europe
-Romanticism focuses on strong emotion, awe of nature and a break of following rigid structure.
What Are the Characteristics of Romanticism? (with pictures) (infobloom.com)

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Interesting facts-
-This period was also called New England Renaissance
-The literature was dominated by Longfellow, Holmes and Lowell.
Link-American Renaissance | American literature | Britannica
Picture-american-literature-renaissance1-n.jpg (720×540) (slideserve.com)

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- The term McCarthyism comes from damaging policy ideas.
-  McCarthy produced a series of investigations and hearings in an effort to expose supposed communist infiltration of the U.S.
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Article- 12 Facts About McCarthyism - Owlcation

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- He received four Pulitzers for his poetry.
- English publishers first recognized his poetic talent.
- His life was marred by a series of tragedies.
Robert Frost Facts

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-She spent the last 15 yrs. of her life locked up in her house.
-There is a myth where she only wore white clothing
-She loved a man, who is still not revealed until this day.
10 Curious facts about Emily Dickinson (aleteia.org)

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-Emerson's name among his friends was "The Sage of Concord"
-Ralph Waldo Emerson was a leader in the Transcendentalism movement in America
- He lost his father at an early age
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