Benjamin Franklin created the archetype of someone coming from low origins, who, against all odds, breaks out of his inherited social position, climbs up the social ladder and creates a new identity for himself. Key factors in this rise from rags to riches are hard work and a solid moral foundation. Franklin also stresses the significance of education for self-improvement.  This concept, known as the self-made man, is deeply rooted in the __________________________ and is found numerous times in Early American works following Franklin’s Autobiography.

True or False? Both economic depression in England and the ascension of a Presbyterian king pushed John Winthrop and other Puritans to obtain permission to emigrate from England to the New World.

In Poe’s short story, “The Cask of Amontillado,” the narrator pretends to be concerned about Fortunato’s health as he leads him deeper into the catacombs.

This evangelical protestant minister was a leader of the Great Awakening.  Although he was very popular in the early years of his movement, he ultimately experienced a politician-like fall after naming “backsliders” from his pulpit, including some of the best families int he town of Northampton, Massachusetts.  He is most well-known for his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”

This Italian-born explorer sailed west to find a route to Asia and instead “discovered” a New World.  Regarding his “discovery,” in his “Letter to Luis de Santangel” he wrote, “Espanola is a marvel.” 

True or False?  The Great Awakening was an 18th century philosophical movement stressing the importance of reason and the critical reappraisal of existing ideas and social institutions.

This Massachusetts Bay poet grappled with being both Puritan and human in her poems.  She describes an author’s relationship with her writing in “The Author to Her Book.”

True or False? Slavery began to come to the forefront of American thought as the American Revolution approached because as people were preparing to fight against British oppression, they began to consider oppression within the colonies.

True or False? Vikings established a settlement on the northern tip of Newfoundland about 500 years before Columbus landed on Guanahani/San Salvador.

Identify the sermon, given aboard the Arbella in route to the New World, in which the following quote appears:  “For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill.”