Increase Mather Summary

Edmund Burke, born in Dublin in 1729 attended Dublin's Trinity College where he received his degree in law. After a time he found himself more interested in literary studies and became a writer. He was secretary to

Bancroft believed that Anglo-Saxons were racially destined to lead and spread freedom across the globe. With the establishment of John Hopkins University, college education became more common among middle-class Americans, however only wealthy white men still only had access to that kind of education. This new wave of historians insisted that knowledge of history and physics were of equal importance.

He was an author of hundreds of books, and was the son of Increase Mather, a Puritan minister involved within the political government of Boston. Mather’s was super intellectual, and entered Harvard University at the age of 10 hoping to become a minister like his father. Many historians believe that although the Mather’s family was considered intelligent and a strong political power during the 17th century, they were also barbaric, radical conservatives. Further proven “To learn that Increase Mather, a most learned man, thought that blood rained from the sky and that lightning signaled God’s wrath is to be reminded that the colonists were contemporaries of Shakespeare and Milton, as close to the Middle Ages as to us” (Hall). An interesting fact that is discussed by (Allison), is that “one of Cotton Mather’s books bonifacius, was said by Benjamin Franklin to be the very thing that influenced him to become a valued member to society.”

Adam's was taught how to read by his father before he even began attending grade school. When he turned five years old, he began attending a small, local school. Afterwards, he then was present at a Latin school that was a preparatory school for students that were planning to attend college. John's father had a dream of John going to Harvard to become a minister. Since his mother was brought up in an affluent family, Harvard wasn't a large expense. John agreed to attend Harvard and to transform himself into a better student, but only if he was allowed study under Joseph Marsh. With the consent of his father, John entered Harvard at fifteen years old in 1751, and, as promised, his grades dramatically improved. Although graduating at a modest fifteenth out of twenty-four students, he managed to finally achieve his goal of earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1755.

in New Shelter, Conn., and Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass. In 1759, the College of St. Andrews in

Mather was a prolific author, academic scholar and a known preacher. Mather garnered his academic prowess at Harvard University, entering age 12 and graduating with a M.A.

53. Harvard College was created by Great Awakening ministers as a school for future ministers.

Wealthy families in Massachusetts often sent their children first to Boston's Latin school, then to Harvard college, where the ideal was to be a priest and then a lawyer. At Harvard, Samuel began to explore the meaning of life, which was quite

In 1807, John Tyler graduated from the College of William and Mary. He had gained a love of Shakespeare there, and his political views were shaped by a bishop named James Madison, the college president. After that, his father taught him law.

His father encouraged his schooling leading to Cotton Mather entering Harvard at the age of twelve. Cotton’s views between science and Puritan beliefs lead to unscientific beliefs in miracles and witchcraft. His beliefs in witchcraft lead him to participate in the Salem witch trials which he originally supported and later in life changed his views. Mather was a great thinker of his time ranking him one of the top early American theologians.

Education was a primary concern in the Puritan colonies, founding Harvard University in 1636 and declaring that education should be made available to all. Religious and secular education an important aspect of home, church, and school life. Religious education was also a very important and key value of Puritanism. This transfers into the goals of spreading the religion to the Native Americans and the goal to convert and teach the inhabitants of the new world the word of god. The Puritans believed that they were doing a favor for the Natives by teaching them the word of god and the life of christianity and believed that the Indians should be grateful for the opportunity to be

Before earning his law degree, Adams found himself as a schoolmaster in Worcester, Massachusetts. Deacon Adams wanted his son to follow in his footsteps towards a ministerial career, but the years at Harvard raised doubts for Adams. The learning of the Enlightenment “led him to question several of the central dogmas of the reigning Congregational churches in Massachusetts.” With self-doubt about the life he was leading and not wanting to become a minster, Adams settled on a new career to clerk and study law under a young attorney named James Putnam. Adams would become a lawyer and be admitted to the Bar of Massachusetts in 1761.

In the editorial, U.S. Education: Still Separate and Unequal, Lindsey Cook gives several explanations on the education gap between blacks and whites. She suggests that the main issue that causes the education gap is the impact of the community on a young black child. Also the impact of their parents or the lack of involvement also causes this major gap in education.

A Puritan theologian of the eighteenth century who had heard of the practice of purposely infecting people with mild cases of smallpox in order to immunize them against a more harsh case of smallpox. Mather believe that smallpox was a punishment for sin, but he still wanted his fellow Bostonians to do inoculation and the results confirmed it work. Mather is relevant because he was a theologian who spread the word about inoculation which was weird for that time. Pgs 95-96

Bernoulli was soon exposed to Euler’s brilliance in analytical science and presently saw his true potential, and gained a new respect for him. Euler procured his degree of Master of Arts in philosophy in 1723 by comparing and contrasting the ideas of Descartes and Newton. He then attempted to gain degrees in Theology and Oriental languages on his father’s request, but did not complete the course due to disinterest in the subject, and soon, with his father’s permission, returned to the study of mathematics.