In your literature textbook, read the sections "The Puritan Tradition" and "The New Nation", beginning on p. xvi. Answer the following questions and BRING THEM TO CLASS on Tuesday (don't answer in the comments!)
Then read p. 385 - the introduction to Patrick Henry's speech in the Virgina Convention.
Questions:
1. After reading this section about the Puritans, what sentences/phrases do you think support the background information and text of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"? Please quote at least one sentence from today's reading and support your answer with ideas from your reading and Friday's Socratic Seminar.
2. What did you think about the "contradictions" of ideas of equality described in the reading? What bias do you find in the section "The New Nation"?
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