USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which group believed writing should be a tool to help readers understand the Bible and guide their lives?
A
The Enlightenists
B
Puritans
C
Native Americans
D
The Revolutionists
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Puritans didn’t believe in writing for entertainment; rather, they thought of writing as a tool to reach people with the story of God.

Detailed explanation-2: -Puritan poets such as John Milton, Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor and John Dryden produced some of the best-known verse of their age.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Puritans believed that the Bible was God’s true law, and that it provided a plan for living. The established church of the day described access to God as monastic and possible only within the confines of “church authority".

Detailed explanation-4: -Plain Style Puritan writing mimics these cultural values in its plain writing style. Puritans wrote directly to the point, and avoided much of the eleborate writing style that became popular in Europe.

Detailed explanation-5: -Both Pilgrims and Puritans wrote poetry, sermons, diaries, and autobiographies. Many of them were literate, including women. Their culture was book-centric.

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