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John Smith publishes "The General History of Virginia"
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William Bradford describes his journey across the Atlantic and pilgrim's 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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"The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America" written by Anne Bradstreet, is published in London
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"The Sovereignty and Goodness of God" is published by Mary Rowlandson
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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 newspaper, is established
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Benjamin Franklin publishes "The Dogood Papers"
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Jonathan Edwards delivers a sermon called "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
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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
Thomas Paine was an English-American political activist, philosopher, and political theorist. -
George Washington invites Phillis Wheatley to visit after she sent him a poem and letter
Phillis Wheatley was the first published African-American female poet
