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William Bradford describes his journey across the Atlantic and pilgrims' settlement in Of Plymouth Plantation.
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Bay Psalm Book is the first book to be printed in America.
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Mary Rowlandson publishes The Sovereignty and Goodness of God.
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Cotton Mather publishes The Wonders of the Invisible World in defense of the Salem witch trials.
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The Boston Newsletter the first american newsletter, is established.
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Ben Franklin uses humor to critisize the Puritan establishment in his first published work, The Dogwood Papers.
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Abigail Adams writes first entry in what is published as Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife, Abigail.
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Thomas Paine's widely read pamphlet Common Sense passionately argues the case for independence.