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Christopher Columbus came to the New World and offers the first look at American life in his writings.
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Wrote "A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia" in 1588 which captured the way of life of the Native Americans and the potential for building a succesful colony.
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In the 1600s Samuel de Champlain "The Father of New France", wrote accounts of New England and the Iroquois.
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The first colony of Jamestown, Virginia was established in 1607.
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William Bradford writes his accounts of his journey across the Atlantic and the Pilgrims settlement in Plymouth.
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This was the first book to be issued in the North American colonies which rewrote the psalms of the Bible into rhythms of Puritain hymns.
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This was the first work to be published by a woman in the North American colonies. That woman was Anne Bradstreet and it was a book of poetry.
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In the 1700's the Enlightenment spread in
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This was the first newspaper established in North America.
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Benjamin Franklin uses The Dogwood Papers to criticize the Puritan Establishment.
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This sermon given by Jonathon Edwards sets off the Great Awakening.
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When the natives began to drive out the British, Britain sent over soldiers to fight in the French and Indian War to protect their territory. This war lasted from 1759-1763, but after a long fought war Britain claimed the lands east of the Mississippi.
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From 1763-1783 almost 2000 pamplets were published in the North American colonies which became the fuel of the American Revolution.
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The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776 which arriculated the natural law that would govern America.
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The Constitution of United States was approved in 1788.
