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1、Lecture1:ColonialAmericaI.HistoricalBackground:1.TheearliestsettlersincludedDutch,Swedes,Germans,French,Spaniards,Italians,andPortuguese.2.ThefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementinNorthAmericawasestablishedatJamestown,Virginiain1617.3.ThewarforIndependence(1776-1783)4.Thecolon
2、ies,mostofwhichinoldEnglishtradition,madetheoriginalUnitedStatesII.AmericanPuritanism:1. Originof"Puritanism":·Theterm"Puritan"firstbeganasatauntorinsultappliedbytraditionalAnglicanstothosewhocriticizedorwishedto"purify"theChurchofEngland.Althoughthewordisoftenappliedloo
3、sely,"Puritan"referstotwodistinctgroups:"separating"Puritans,suchasthePlymouthcolonists,whobelievedthattheChurchofEnglandwascorruptandthattrueChristiansmustseparatethemselvesfromit;andnon-separatingPuritans,suchasthecolonistswhosettledtheMassachusettsBayColony,whobelieved
4、inreformbutnotseparation.MostMassachusettscolonistswerenonseparatingPuritanswhowishedtoreformtheestablishedchurch,largelyCongregationalistswhobelievedinformingchurchesthroughvoluntarycompacts. TheideaofcompactsorcovenantswascentraltothePuritans'conceptionofsocial,politica
5、l,andreligiousorganizations.(fromhttp://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl310/purdef.htm）2. AdefinitionofAmericanPuritanism·PuritanismisthepracticesandbeliefsofthePuritans. ·ThePuritanswereoriginallymembersofadivisionoftheProtestantChurch,whocameintoexistenceinthere
6、ignsofQueenElizabethandKingJames!.ThefirstsettlerswhobecamethefoundingfathersoftheAmericannationwerequiteafewofthemPuritans.TheycametoAmericaoutofvariousreasons,butitshouldberememberedthattheywereagroupofserious,religiouspeople,advocatinghighlyreligiousandmoralprinciples.
7、 ·Astheworditselfhints,Puritanswantedtopurifytheirreligiousbeliefsandpractices.TheyfeltthattheChurchofEnglandwastooclosetotheChurchofRomeinthedoctrineformofworship,andorganizationofauthority. ·TheAmericanPuritans,liketheirbrothersbackinEngland,wereidealists,believingthatt
8、hechurchshouldberestoredtocomplete‘purity’. ·Theyacceptedthedoctrineofpredestination,originalsin
