Encounters and Foundations to 1800

• Read introduction in textbook, pages 6-19.
• Answer the following questions in your notes:

1. What effect did European settlement have on American Indians--the people who already lived on this vast continent?
2. Who were the Puritans, and what were their beliefs about human nature?
3. How did rationalism differ from Puritanism, and what effect did rationalism have on the new American political system?

• Your notes should include the following information: Major Puritan beliefs, Puritan writing trends, the bridge between Puritan and Rationalist thinking, major Rationalist beliefs, and Rationalist writing trends.