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Nov 8, 1492
Christopher Columbus
He arrived in America. -
Dec 9, 1542
La Relacion
Writen by Alvar Nunez Cabez de Vaca, one of the 4 survivors of the 600-man Narvaez expedition. In this writing he introduced the environment and the people he encountered with. -
Early Settlement
The settlers described their settlement and their difficulties in their lives in letters, reports and chronicles to people back home. Their writings influenced people in England to think about what places look like away from home. An influential writing was A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia by Thomas Harriot. -
Religion
Many settlers were Puritans. They were dtermined to "purify" the Church of England. John Winthrop's writings inspired the Puritans. Salem witchcraft trials caused many of society to die. -
Samuel de Champlain
He was known as "Father of New France" he wrote vivid accounts of New England and the Iroquois. -
Jamestown
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First of Writing
American writers focused on their challenging new environments to write about. William Wood wrote about the first ship that arrived. They wrote about everything that spectactular happened during their lives. -
Puritan Poetry
Many of the Puritan writers wrote about the "plain" sermons, histories and, treaties. Poetry was the means of expression for others. The first book issued in North American colonies was Bay Psalm Book. -
Puritan Poets
The Puritan poets were Anna Bradstreet and Edward Taylor. they viewed poetry as a meaning of exploring the relationship between the individual and God. Bradstreet's book was The Tenth Muse Lstely Sprung Up in America. Edward was considered the nest-known poet. His poems were very vivid. -
Enlightment
Enlightment thinkers questioned previously accepted truth who should hold the government power. The writing of Franklin and Jefferson turned the American Enlightment to grasp the European thoguht. The second Virginia Convention was in 1775. "...Give me liberty, give my death." -
Jonathan Edwards
He included histories of the coloniesand intesnse sermons on the dangers of sinful lives. Cotton Mather wrote about the Salem withch trials. Edwards spoke of many sermons that caught many people off guard. He was a very popular and well known preacher. -
England's People
The people thought of themselves as Englishmen. They did not have representatives in the British parliament.
The French and Indian War- After the defeat, England took in new military leaders and made alliance with the Native Americans (Iroquois). -
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Pamplets Published
About 2000 pamplets were published. They were inexpensive "little books" that became the furl of the revolution, reaching thousands of people quickly and stirring debatre and action in response to growing discontent with British rule. -
Important Documents
The writers for the colonial newspaper and pamplets influenced the hearts of the colonists for their own independence. In 1776, they defeated a powerful military to turn their declaration into reality. Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. -
Indian text
The Indian scared text the Bhagavad-Gita is translated into English for the first time.
Dream of the Red Chamber, the classic Chinese piece was published.
