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Native American origin story, passed down orally, probably told long before the 1600's, but there is no date for when it began.
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One of the most influential piece, it talked about the natural resources, the colonies chance of success, and Native Americans.
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First permanent colony, more began to spread towards the Atlantic Coast.
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She is one of the first well known American authors and stood out from other Puritan women because she was able to express herself. (Most Puritan women were not allowed to express themselves)
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A play influenced by the Salem Witch trails. It was published in 1953.
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A group of girls begin to accuse other people of being witches causing mass hysteria and confusion.
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Most believe the accusing girls just wanted attention and they got it by wrongly claiming people were witches. Many died and apologies were made.
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A religious awakening.
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He was a very passionate reverend. He became to extreme for most Puritans.
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To keep free and slave sates even, it gave Missouri the ability to have slave but made Maine a free state.
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A Dark Romantic story about a man who makes a deal with the Devil.
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The autobiography of Fredrick Douglass, who was a former slave.
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A transcendentalist essay about how ones individual belief and morals should come before the law.
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Forced northern states to return runaway salves to the south (and to their masters).
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The Supreme Court rules that slaves are not U.S. citizens, therefor, they have no rights.
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Dickinson wrote many complex poems but she kept to herself and most of her poems were published after her death in 1890.
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After 4 years (1861) the war ends.
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Written by an African American poet, it is about the mask people feel they need to wear when around other people/ in public.
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An economic crash that left many people unemployed. (1921-1931)
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A story set in the Great Depression about two working men traveling to find work on a ranch. Realism.
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World War II ended in 1945.
