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Puritan communities in the first half of the seventeenth century were characterized by

By 1770, the population of the colonies of North America increased by 800% mostly through

According to John Winthrop’s sermon, the Puritans had “entered into a covenant” with God, meaning that they

The apparent uniformity of the big-game-hunter (Clovis) culture was replaced by great cultural diversity after the Paleo-Indians began devoting more energy to

The Aztecs of the Valley of Mexico

In 1492 what distinguished Christopher Columbus from other navigators was

Puritans believed that women

Older women were less likely to be convicted of being witches because they were often well-respected in Puritan society. 

Free Soilers

In the U.S. South, a “planter” was considered a person who owned at least __________ slaves.