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Apr 14, 1493
Columbus publishes his journal of his discovery
Columbus discovered the americas in the late 1400's and wrote a journal on what he saw. He extensively described the "unfamiliar" things he saw. HIs journal describes the Natives -
Jun 1, 1500
Native American Poems and Myths
Native Americans created an oral tradition that were originally told in hundreds of different languages. They often teach moral lessons in natural world. The story of Coyote is a great example of stories they told. -
Period: Jun 24, 1500 to
Native Americans
The Native Americans encounterd the Europens in the fifteenth century and interacted in various ways. Native Americans share stories and snag songs to express themselves. They lived by hunting and gathering. They made tools to make their lives easier. -
Jul 16, 1530
Europeans fInd the Natives
The Europeans encounter the Americans in the fiftenth century and worked as a well developed enviroment. Trade, huntiing and gathering, wool, fire arms, and other various sources were effective in their living. -
Puritans land in Plymouth
New England was the Puritan's seeking place for religious freedom. Their values included independence, hard work, and discipline. They used The Holy Bible as evidence in their teachings. All these qualities helped them construct a vast community in New England. -
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Puritanism
Puritanism was a time period when the Puritans impacted in writing in England. When Puritans where trying to break out of England, they used "plain style" writing. Plain style is just using simplicity in their writing. English people believed their writing should be highly ornamental and extensive. Simple sentences, everyday words from common speech, and clear and direct statements is all what plain styleis about. The plain style eliminates elaborate figures of speech and imagery. -
Anne Bradstreet's House Burns
After her house burned down, Anne wrote the poem "Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666." In this poem, Anne's attitude towards what was happening was mercyful and begging, Throughout her poem, she kept crying out to god to hep her through life. Impacting imagery is very vivid in this poem and a mood reflector. -
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American Romanticism
In the nineteenth century, Americans created an independent nation, but not their own cultural identity. A new generation of writers wrote literature that focused on imagination, feeling, individualism, and enthusiasm. -
Thomas Jefferson negotiates Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson, the U.S president during the Romanticisim Era negotiated with France to expand the U.S territory. -
William Cullen Bryant publishes "Thanatopsis"
This is a famous poem created in the Romanticism. William Cullen Bryant focuses majorly in nature in his writing. In this poem he expresses feeling towards death as "happy." He uses nature as a happy ever ending in the after life. -
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The age of Realism
Aftert the Civil War, there was a massive wave of imigrants coming into the U.S and a wide westward expansion.This improved vastly every area industrialy in the U.S. The vast progression in the U,S, made American literatures view the world differently. They began to seek life as it really was. -
Clara Barton organizes the American Red Cross
The American Red Cross in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 1881. the American Red Cross is dedicated to helping people in need throughout the United States. Clara Barton and a circle of her acquaintances founded the Red Cross. Ater the Civil War, Clara's inspiration came from visiting Europe from the Swiss Global Convention -
Mark Twain publishes Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn was one of the novels published during the Realism Era. Mark twain was the most famous author during this era because of the old folk, country slang language he inputted in his novels. Huckleberry Finn along side with Tom Sawyer were his top novels. Both are about adventures of a country boy in a rural area during Segregation.
