Index

Early American Writing

  • Sep 6, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    columbus started his four voyages to the americas
  • A Brief andTrueReport of the New found Land of Virginia

    a book by Thomas Harriot which captured the areas natural resources and the way of Native American life.
  • puritans

    a group of english protesters who had sought to "purify" the Church of England and return to simpler ways
  • first permanant colony

    jamestown was the first permanant colony in the Americas
  • "The GEneral History of Virginia"

    1624: john smith publishes "The GEneral History of Virginia"
  • Of Plymouth Plantaion.

    1630: william bradford describes his journey across the Atlantic and polgrims settlement in Of Plymouth Plantaion.
  • bay psalm book

    1640: Bay Psalm Book is the firs tbook to be printed in america
  • The sovereignty

    a book wrote by Mary Rowlandson. talks about her captivity at the hands of the Algonquian Indians
  • the enlightenment

    a burst of intellectual energy taking place in Europe
  • the great awakening

    a series of religious revivals taht united colonists who were diverse
  • boston tea party

    resembles the rejection of British taxes on the Americas
  • declared Free

    the french and indian war came to a close. british back off after losing. the colonies were declared free and independent
  • french and indian war

    when France allied with a number of Native American groups to drive British out of the North Americas
  • The Boston Newsletter

    first American Newsletter estamblished
  • US Constitution

    US Constitution is aproved