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American Beliefs

During colonial America, education varied significantly across regions. Massachusetts Puritans mandated schools in towns with over 50 homes, while Middle Colony schools were often private and run by widows or single women.

American Beliefs

American Beliefs

Conflict is present everywhere in the world around us. We experience conflict on a daily basis, and it can be minor or major.

Conflict in a story is a struggle between opposing forces. Characters must act to confront those forces and there is where conflict is born. If there is nothing to overcome, there is no story. Conflict in a story creates and drives the plot forward.

Colonial Education

In this type of conflict, a character must take on society itself, and not a single person. The character stands at odds with societal norms and realizes the necessity to work against these norms. This is an external conflict.

Middle Colony schools were private and ran by widowed or unmarried women.
by 1750 85% of men and about half of women could read.
In 1647 Massachusetts Puritans passed a law that towns with more than 50 houses had to have a school.
Parents taught kids at home to read and write.

The Great Awakening

This situation results from a protagonist working against what has been foretold for that person. While this conflict was more prevalent in stories where gods could control fate, such as in ancient Greek dramas, there are still examples of this type of conflict in more contemporary literature.

It united colonies from north to south.
It placed more emphasis on personal faith rather than church rituals.
It inspired greater religious freedom.
It was a religious revival in the 1730s and 1740s.

Ideas of Freedom

A more contemporary type of conflict, this situation results from humans involved in a struggle with man-made machines. This is an external conflict.

Civic Virtue

In this type of conflict, a character is tormented by natural forces such as storms or animals. This is also an external conflict.

The Enlightenment

A situation in which two characters have opposing desires or interests. The typical scenario is a conflict between the protagonist and antagonist. This is an external conflict.

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