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Jan 1, 1500
Native American
Dekanawida, an Iroquois Indian, is know to have been the one to help bring peace with Puritians and the Indian. He lived amomg the mohawks to abandon cannibalism.( Encyclopedia Britannica Online,n.d).
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Purtains / New World
Puritans began leaving England in the late 1620s to flee religious persecution. England broke away from the Roman Catholic Church to form the Church of England and expected everyone to conform (Puritans, n.d)
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Struggle with Indians
The Puritans struggled to share the land with the Indians. They forced them to do work for them. The Puritans thought they were uncivilized and forced the Indians to begin fighting for their own freedom (Prince, p.5).
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Anne Bradstreet
In the poem, Upon the Burning of our House, Anne tells of Puritan life during that time and how their faith in God ruled their everyday life (Holt, p.94).
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Mary Rowlandson
In A Narrative of Captivity, Mary explains the troubles the settlers had with the Indians. She descirbes her experiences with them (Holt, p.64). image ( Google, n.d) -
Salem, MA
In Salem, MA 1692 a couple of girls were accused of being witchs so the Salem Witch Trails took place were a seris of haering and prosecutions, between Feburary 1692 and May 1693 (Blumberg, 2007).
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"The Crucbile" by: Arthur Miller
The Crucible was based on the Salem witch trails that took place in 1692 story tells what happened to everybody that lived in Salem and how the Witch Trails effected everybodys lives (Holt, p.238)
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The Devil and Tom Walker
The Devil and Tom Walker is about how Tom made a deal with the devil. Tom was after the so called treasure that was buried in the woods. Tom meets the devil and Tom sells his soul to the Devil (Holt, p.290-304).
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Romanticism
This period (1800-1860) was very different from earlier types of writings. The movement came about as a reaction to rationalism. Logic and reason were not a main concern for romantic writers (Holt, p.205).
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Transcendentalists
Transcendentalists was a nineteenth century religious movement associated with Ralph W. Emerson. The closest thing to a definition of the movement appears in Emerson's essay. "The Transcendentalists" (Transcendentalism, n.d)
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The Raven
The poem “The Raven” has the feeling of suspense and death threw the entire poem. The darkness of night as well as his use of the blackbird, a raven. Poe use alliteration, in the poem it is shown with the nor or more sounds. Poe also shows examples of onomatopoeia by describing the tapping on his door (Holt p.360-364).
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The Scarlett Letter
The Scarlett Letter is about a girl named Hester Prynne. She lived in the Massachusetts Bay colony. She had to wear an “A” on the front of dress that stood for adultery (SparkNotes,n.d). image (Google, n.d) -
Walt Whitman "I Hear America Singing"
"I Hear America Singing”, is a poem about how Walt Whitman can hear all the workers singing while they working. Walt describes the sounds of each person's job in his poem. This gives the reader a joy of being happy with their job. The poem was different than others and changed American poetry forever (Holt p.511-515). image (Google, n.d) -
The Mississippi River
The Mississippi River really became a major part of life for people from, 180-1914. It was known as the country's first highway. The river provided a way for people to move goods and trade easier than before, especialy after the invention of the steamboat (National Scenic Byways Online,n.d).
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Jesse James
On this day in history, the outlaw Jesse James was shot and killed. He was famous during this time as bank and train robber in the Wild West. He was shot in the head by Robert Ford while hiding out with his gang (Wikimedia Foundation,n.d).
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Mark Twain "Life On The Mississippi"
This story was based in the nineteeth. Like this story and all the other storys in this time period they were more reallist then the eariler lieture which were more the people, god, and lifes values. -
World War I
World War I started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated. They were from Austria and was visiting Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia- Herzegovina. Archduke was the nephew of Austria’s emperor and he was not very liked by most. He was also apparent to the throne which gave nationalist an excuse to attack Serbia (About.com 20th Century History, n.a)
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The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
In Robert Frost’s poem, The Road Not Taken, he talks about how our decisions lead us down different paths. He describes a fork on his path with two roads going in different directions. Even though the poem is most often misunderstood, it became one of Frost’s best work (Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation,n.a).
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Prohibtion
Prohibition was a part of U.S. history when transportation of liquor, and sales was made illegal. It was a time of gangsters and your average citizens breaking laws. This was the first time an Amendment was repealed to the U.S. Constitution. "Prohibition - Google Search (Prohibition About.com 20th Century History,n.a).
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber
“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” was a story about a man who drives into Waterbury, Connecticut with his wife. Along the way, he has five heroic daydreams. He dreams of being a pilot, assassin, surgeon, and even royal air force pilot. His fantasies were inspired by Mitty’s surroundings (Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation,n.a).
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