Date of Award
3-1-2014
Document Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Organizational Unit
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences
First Advisor
Luís León, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Sandra Dixon
Third Advisor
William Philpott
Keywords
American exceptionalism, Indian removal, Manifest destiny, Native American, Native American massacres, Puritanism
Abstract
This work traces the influence that a strand of Protestant Christianity had upon the idea of American Exceptionalism and its effect on the treatment of Native Americans. From Puritans to the Founding Fathers, to expansion into the west, this paper investigates instances where Indians have been forced to assimilate, removed from their homelands or exterminated outright in massacres. It specifically looks at the removal of the Cherokees, the Navajo Long Walk, the Pequot War, the Gnadenhutten Massacre, The Battle at Blue Water Creek and the Sand Creek Massacre
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Rights Holder
Jeremiah Jones
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
en
File Size
88 p.
Recommended Citation
Jones, Jeremiah, "Puritanism and American Exceptionalism: A Genealogy of Their Impact on Native Americans 1620–1864" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 324.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/324
Copyright date
2014
Discipline
Native American studies, Religion, American history