Puritan+Authors

 **Authors **
 * The Legacy of the Puritans **

** 1. Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) **
==== When Bradstreet stepped foot on the New World, she was overwhelmed by the sickness, lack of food, and horrible living conditions. She refused to give up and return to England. She was bothered by the cultural bias toward women that was common in her time; the belief was that a woman's place was in the home attending to the family and her husband's needs. Another theme in her writing was her religious experiences. ====

** 2. Jonathon Edwards (1703-1758) **
==== He was a colonial American Congregationalist preacher and theologian. He was a prominent leader of the east-coast revivals of the 1730s and 1740s known as the Great Awakening, which explained Christianity in the new world as distinctive from its European forms and allowed it to adapt to a democratic society. ====

**3. William Bradford (1590-1657)**
==== Bradford is remembere for his contribution in growing democratic institutions, such as the franchise and town meeting, thus helping establish those traditions of self-government that would set the pattern for national political development in years to come. He called himself a Congregationalist, he discouraged sectarian labels and believed in welcoming all separatist groups to New England shores. ====

**4. Benjamin Franklinn (1706-1790)**
==== He was a newspaper editor, printer, merchant, and philanthropist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was one of the most prominent of Founders and early political figures and statesmen of the United States. ====

**6. John Winthrop (1588-1649)**
==== He led a group of English Puritans to the New World, joined the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629 and was elected their first governor on April 8, 1630. Winthrop has been described as America's "forgotten founding father." ====

**8. Captian John Smith (1580-1631)**
 He was an english explorer. After a period as a military adventurer, he joined an English group preparing to establish a colony in North America. Curious to explore the new continent, he met with the Plymouth Company and sailed in 1614 to New England. He also mapped its coast and wrote descriptions of Virginia and New England that encouraged others to colonize the New World

**9. Edward taylor (c.1642-1729)**
 Edward taylor was a puritan poet and minister. He was one of the finest literary artists of Colonial America. Taylor's art praised the Christian experience. Like a sermon, a poem for Taylor was like restoring one's awareness of his spiritual condition

**10. Philip Freneau (1752-1832)**
==== He wrote several poems about nature, including "The Wild Honey Suckle" and "On a Honey Bee". Philip Freneau was known for his political verse, which earned him the nickname "The Poet of the American Revolution." He expressed nationalism in his writing, which was very common during the era. ====