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[[File:george-h-boughton-pilgrims-going-to-church.jpg|frame|"...most dismal wretches, who said their prayers before daylight, and then wrought in the forest or the cornfield till evening made it prayer time again."]]
[[File:george-h-boughton-pilgrims-going-to-church.jpg|frame|"...most dismal wretches, who said their prayers before daylight, and then wrought in the forest or the cornfield till evening made it prayer time again."]]
The period in America from around 1607-1763 where just about [[Blatant Lies|everyone was a Puritan Pilgrim]] and had to attend church services that were approximately 11 days long. [[Deliberately Monochrome|Everyone wore black all the time]]; the men all carried [[BFG|blunderbusses]] and wore [[Nice Hat|tall hats with big buckles around them]]<ref>[[Hat Shop|capotains]]</ref>, while the women all wore bonnets and square linen collars with optional [[The Scarlet Letter|large red A's]] <ref> This option was generally discouraged -- but then, everything, and everyone, was generally discouraged</ref>.
The period in America from around 1607-1763 where just about [[Blatant Lies|everyone was a Puritan Pilgrim]] and had to attend church services that were approximately 11 days long. [[Deliberately Monochrome|Everyone wore black all the time]]; the men all carried [[BFG|blunderbusses]] and wore [[Nice Hat|tall hats with big buckles around them]],<ref>[[Hat Shop|capotains]]</ref> while the women all wore bonnets and square linen collars with optional [[The Scarlet Letter|large red A's]].<ref>This option was generally discouraged -- but then, everything, and everyone, was generally discouraged</ref>


The women were all called "[[Insistent Terminology|Goody]] Somethingorother" and were frequently [[Burn the Witch|burned at the stake as witches]]. Occupations among the men, besides the aforementioned prayer and witch-burning, included [[Moral Guardians|persecuting]] [[The Heretic|Quakers]], [[Politically Incorrect Villain|oppressing]] [[Noble Savage|Native Americans]], [[Injun Country|being scalped]], and hunting turkeys for the first [[Useful Notes/Thanksgiving Day|Thanksgiving Day]] dinner.
The women were all called "[[Insistent Terminology|Goody]] Somethingorother" and were frequently [[Burn the Witch|burned at the stake as witches]]. Occupations among the men, besides the aforementioned prayer and witch-burning, included [[Moral Guardians|persecuting]] [[The Heretic|Quakers]], [[Politically-Incorrect Villain|oppressing]] [[Noble Savage|Native Americans]], [[Injun Country|being scalped]], and hunting turkeys for the first [[Thanksgiving Day]] dinner.


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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[The Leatherstocking Tales (Literature)|The Leatherstocking Tales]]'', including ''[[The Last of the Mohicans (Literature)|The Last of the Mohicans]]''
* ''[[The Leatherstocking Tales]]'', including ''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]''
* Many of Nathaniel Hawthorne's works, including ''[[The Scarlet Letter]]'' and "Young Goodman Brown."
* Many of Nathaniel Hawthorne's works, including ''[[The Scarlet Letter]]'' and "Young Goodman Brown."
* ''Mason & Dixon''
* ''Mason & Dixon''
* The [[Backstory|backstories]] of many of [[HP Lovecraft]]'s works.
* The [[Backstory|backstories]] of many of [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s works.
* The short story "Ezekiel" by Desmond Warzel takes place in Roanoke in 1587 (the first English settlement in North America, and thus the very earliest part of this period).
* The short story "Ezekiel" by Desmond Warzel takes place in Roanoke in 1587 (the first English settlement in North America, and thus the very earliest part of this period).
* The [[Dear America]] series has ''A Journey to the New World'' (1607), ''Standing in the Light'' (1763), and ''Look to the Hills'' (1763).
* The [[Dear America]] series has ''A Journey to the New World'' (1607), ''Standing in the Light'' (1763), and ''Look to the Hills'' (1763).
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** Which was historically accurate enough to know that witches were ''hanged'' not burned in this period.
** Which was historically accurate enough to know that witches were ''hanged'' not burned in this period.
*** Almost everything else was wrong, though; the people who wrote [[Burn the Witch]] got it right.
*** Almost everything else was wrong, though; the people who wrote [[Burn the Witch]] got it right.
*** As this troper recalls, it wasn't meant as an accurate portrayal of the Salem Witch Trials and instead used the witch trials as a metaphor for the hysteria surrounding the [[Mc Carthy]] hearings
*** As this troper recalls, it wasn't meant as an accurate portrayal of the Salem Witch Trials and instead used the witch trials as a metaphor for the hysteria surrounding the McCarthy hearings


== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* ''[[Disney Animated Canon|Pocahontas]]''
* ''[[Disney Animated Canon|Pocahontas]]''
* One episode of ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', involving time travel, takes them to Salem. Naturally a [[Burn the Witch]] attempt ensues.
* One episode of ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', involving time travel, takes them to Salem. Naturally a [[Burn the Witch]] attempt ensues.
** ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' had one as well.
** ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' had one as well.


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Latest revision as of 09:42, 11 April 2017

"...most dismal wretches, who said their prayers before daylight, and then wrought in the forest or the cornfield till evening made it prayer time again."

The period in America from around 1607-1763 where just about everyone was a Puritan Pilgrim and had to attend church services that were approximately 11 days long. Everyone wore black all the time; the men all carried blunderbusses and wore tall hats with big buckles around them,[1] while the women all wore bonnets and square linen collars with optional large red A's.[2]

The women were all called "Goody Somethingorother" and were frequently burned at the stake as witches. Occupations among the men, besides the aforementioned prayer and witch-burning, included persecuting Quakers, oppressing Native Americans, being scalped, and hunting turkeys for the first Thanksgiving Day dinner.

Examples of The Colonial Period include:


Anime and Manga

Literature

Newspaper Comics

Theatre

  • The Crucible
    • Which was historically accurate enough to know that witches were hanged not burned in this period.
      • Almost everything else was wrong, though; the people who wrote Burn the Witch got it right.
      • As this troper recalls, it wasn't meant as an accurate portrayal of the Salem Witch Trials and instead used the witch trials as a metaphor for the hysteria surrounding the McCarthy hearings

Video Games

Western Animation

  1. ↑ capotains
  2. ↑ This option was generally discouraged -- but then, everything, and everyone, was generally discouraged
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