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Unit 1
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1607 - Jamestown was founded.
1619 - First slaves arrive from Africa
1620 - Mayflower pilgrims arrive in Plymouth
1692 - Salem witch trials begin
1739-1742 - Great Awakening begins
July 4, 1776, - Declaration of Independence is adopted -
John Smith published The General History of Virginia in the year 1624.
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Religion was everything and Patriotism was beginning to emerge.
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Two of the most famous authors of Pre-romantic America Include Benjamin Franklin and Anne Bradstreet.
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-The salem witch hunts
-caused by mass paranoia
-hundreds of people were killed
-those who were accused almost never had a choice where they won -
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writing style- realism, very few romantic elements
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religion was everything, If you were not christian then you were a satanist.
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Unit 2
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-War was something glorious, and soldiers were celebrated
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1803- Louisiana purchase
1807-first steamboat
1808-US bans slave trade
1812- US decares war on Britain
1830- Indian Removal act -
Nathaniel Hawthorne- wrote The Scarlet Letter
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - "A Psalm of Life. -
Unit 3
The writing of this time was romantic and featured its characters going on adventures. -
Mark Twain - The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches Abraham Lincoln- Gettysburg Address
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1856- Brooks beats Sumner on the floor of the Senate over his anti-slavery speech
1859- John Brown is hanged for treason
1861- Civil war begins with the attack on Fort Sumter. -
Unit 4 During this time period, Writers were moving from a more romantic style to the realistic style, which was much more honest and simple.
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Realistic writers had experienced the horrors of war, and they were now less focused on glorifying adventure, and more focused on telling the stories of common people.
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1917 - US enters WWI
1932 - FDR is elected president for the first time -
This time period was a return to realism, and opposition to war.
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Unit 5 Much of the writing of this time focused on the futility of the American dream.
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John Steinbeck- Of Mice ad Men F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
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