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American Colonies.
(17-18 th century)The colonists were looking for opportunities and by expanding their territory in these colonies they found Economic
opportunity, especially in the form of
land available. The colonies were particularly welcoming to foreign Protestants. Also, many people were
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The Beginnings of American Literature.
(17th century) It started with native americans but they didn't write it because it was spoken, so we can say this begins with the arrival of English-speaking Europeans that arribeto the US. This was influenced by English literature since authors were Englishmen so who thought and wrote as such. -
Colonies and Literature.
(1607-1700) Inluenced by British writers.this was characterized by Narrative Focus, journals, letters religion texts and poetry; and the Enlightenment.the most prominent authors of Colonial American Literature are Mary Rowlandson, William Bradford, Anne
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Boston tea party
(16/12/1773) Protest of the American colonists against Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” they dumped chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor -
African American Literature
It started by oral tradition with slaves but was only written in the late 18th century. It was a declaration that as the Constitution said, all men are created equal, an so did african americans.
American civil war -
American Revolution
conflict in which thirteen original British Colonies in North America faced the British crown with the aim of gaining independence. From this war they were able to become independent and this became "the United States." ( this eneded in '83) -
The Romantic Period
(1830-1870) Romanticism began in Western Europe in the late 18th century, and
American writers adopted it in the earlys 1800s this is characterized by intuition, imagination and individualism in the literature -
Years of growth
(1852-1884)lots of people moved to California and because of this, the farma and the railroad, it grew immensely. -
The golden door
(1860- 1900's )immigrants from Europe arrived in the United States because in the US they were free from religious and political persecution.In america they could live "like normal humans" -
American civil war
Lincoln tried to make the southern states to stay in the Union, but he wasn't successful and these states opened gun fire starting the civil war. -
Slavery and abolition
Black americans finally were treated as normal human beings and have the same political and social rights -
Reconstruction
(1865-1877) period during which the United States had to reintegrate the separated states into the Union and determine the legal status of African Americans. -
inventors and industries
(1876-1913)from the American inventions began a rapid growth of industries in the United States. -
The amerindians
The amerindians were forced to change their way of life amd it ended up in a massacre