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Period: Aug 3, 1492 to Aug 1, 1498
Christopher Columbus wrote about his voyages
His fascinating journals provide a vivid record of the most significant journeys of his time -
Thomas Harriot wrote "A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia"
One of the most influential writings which faithfully captured the area's natural resources, the ways of life of the Native Americans, and the potential for building a successful colony -
Samuel de Champlain
The French and Dutch also sent some explorers including Samuel de Champlain, he wrote vivid accounts of New England and the Iroquois. -
First permanent colony was established
Jamestown Colony -
Jamestown arrivals
The first enslaved Africans arrive in Jamestown -
Other writers documented the history in a more plainer style and with more serious purpose
Including William Bradford, longtime governor of Plymouth and
John Winthrop Sr., who served as a governor of Massachusetts
They reflected upon what they saw as their role in God's plan for a better society -
Bay Psalm Book
The first book that was issued to North American colonies -
The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
Anne Bradstreet wrote a book of poetry called The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America. It was the first book published by a North American woman -
The Sovereignty and Goodness of God
Mary Rowlandson published this book to tell about her captivity at the hands of Algonquian Indians -
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The Enlightenment
There was a burst of intellectual energy taking place in Europe -
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica
Isaac Newton published his work, it's considered to be the most important work of the Scientific Revolution -
The Wonders of the Invisible World
Cotton Mather published this in defense of the Salem witch trials -
The Boston Newsletter
The first American newspaper that is established -
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift published his book -
First Great Awakening
A new wave of religious enthusiasm began to rise. -
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Pamphlets and Propaganda
About two thousand pamphlets were published in about 20 years -
slave Phillis Wheatley
she wrote of the "natural rights' of African-Americans and pointed out the discrepancy between the colonists' "cry for freedom" and their enslavement of fellow human beings -
Patrick Henry made a speech
He presented a proposal to organize a volunteer company of cavalry or infantry in every Virginia county. -
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The colonies wanted to be free and independent
The colonies fought and defeated one of the greatest military powers on earth to turn their declaration into a reality -
Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense
The pamphlet helped propel the colonists to revolution -
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of the Independence
He also wrote pamphlets, but his greatest contribution to American government was the Declaration of Independence -
British Defeated
The British were defeated at Yorktown, ending the American Revolution -
The Constitution of the United States of America
Four months later Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington emerged with perhaps the country's most important piece of writing
