American Literature Timeline Project

  • Period: Jun 26, 1500 to

    United States Historical Events

    The Leader of Mohawk established the Iroquois Confederacy which was Dekanawida. Then the spanish explorer Alvar Nunez cabez de voca lands in Florida. Later on in the year the great migration of puritans to NEw England began.
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    American Romanticism

    William Cullen Bryant was the man who published Thanatopsis.
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    The Age of Realism

    A very known author was Mark Twain. He was the man who published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
  • Puritans 1800-1860

    This is the time when they settle in New England. The puritans also belived in being very wealthy. So they fought to stay wealthy.
  • The age of Realism 1880-1914

    In this time period the United States was given new life from the imigration and westward expansion. Then thousands of Americans expanded different jobs westward.
  • The Moderns 1914-1934

    The world War I made lots of changes for the Americans. It had people changing their traditions and spirtiual view. It was said that we stayed nuetral until 1917.
  • The Civil war era and its aftermath 1850-1890

    This is the time where the Civil war took place. Even during this time African Americans were still in the struggle of freedom.