1. BEGINNINGS TO 1800 AMERICAN LITERATURE

2. THE FIRST MIGRATION 20,000 TO 40,000 YEARS AGO, ICE AGE HUNTERS TRAVELLED FROM SIBERIA. 20,000 TO 40,000 YEARS AGO, ICE AGE HUNTERS TRAVELLED FROM SIBERIA. BY THE 1490’S, AMERICAN INDIANS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE CONTINENT. BY THE 1490’S, AMERICAN INDIANS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE CONTINENT.

3. THE EXPLORERS THE FIRST WRITTEN OBSERVATIONS ON THIS CONTINENT WERE RECORDED BY SPANISH AND FRENCH EXPLORERS. THE FIRST WRITTEN OBSERVATIONS ON THIS CONTINENT WERE RECORDED BY SPANISH AND FRENCH EXPLORERS. THEIR DESCRIPTIONS OF BEAUTY AND WEALTH LED TO AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF EXPEDITIONS. THEIR DESCRIPTIONS OF BEAUTY AND WEALTH LED TO AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF EXPEDITIONS.

4. THE PURITANS THE FIRST ENGLISH PURITANS LANDED ON THIS CONTINENT IN 1620 0N THE TIP OF CAPE COD. THE FIRST ENGLISH PURITANS LANDED ON THIS CONTINENT IN 1620 0N THE TIP OF CAPE COD. “PURITAN” REFERS TO PROTESTANT GROUPS THAT WANTED TO PURIFY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. “PURITAN” REFERS TO PROTESTANT GROUPS THAT WANTED TO PURIFY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. THEY WANTED TO RETURN TO SIMPLER FORMS OF WORSHIP AND CHURCH ORGANIZATION. THEY WANTED TO RETURN TO SIMPLER FORMS OF WORSHIP AND CHURCH ORGANIZATION.

5. THE PURITANS THEY HAD SUFFERED PERSECUTION IN ENGLAND. THEY HAD SUFFERED PERSECUTION IN ENGLAND. FOR THEM, RELIGION WAS A PERSONAL INNER EXPERIENCE. THEY DID NOT AGREE WITH INTERFERENCE FROM THE GOVERNMENT. FOR THEM, RELIGION WAS A PERSONAL INNER EXPERIENCE. THEY DID NOT AGREE WITH INTERFERENCE FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

6. PURITAN BELIEFS MOST PEOPLE ARE SINNERS BECAUSE OF THE ORIGINAL SIN OF ADAM AND EVE. MOST PEOPLE ARE SINNERS BECAUSE OF THE ORIGINAL SIN OF ADAM AND EVE. THERE WERE ONLY A FEW CALLED THE “ELECT” WHO WOULD BE SAVED AND GO TO HEAVEN. THERE WERE ONLY A FEW CALLED THE “ELECT” WHO WOULD BE SAVED AND GO TO HEAVEN.

7. THE PURITANS THEIR POLITICAL VIEWS WERE UNDEMOCRATIC. THEIR POLITICAL VIEWS WERE UNDEMOCRATIC. THEY BELIEVED THE “ELECT” (WHOEVER THEY WERE) SHOULD EXERT GREAT INFLUENCE ON THE GOVERNMENT. THEY BELIEVED THE “ELECT” (WHOEVER THEY WERE) SHOULD EXERT GREAT INFLUENCE ON THE GOVERNMENT.

8. CHARACTERISTICS OF PURITAN WRITING THE BIBLE WAS THEIR MODEL FOR WRITING. THE BIBLE WAS THEIR MODEL FOR WRITING. THEY USED WRITING TO EXPLORE THEIR LIVES FOR SIGNS OF GOD’S WORK. THEY USED WRITING TO EXPLORE THEIR LIVES FOR SIGNS OF GOD’S WORK. DIARIES AND HISTORIES WERE THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF WRITING. DIARIES AND HISTORIES WERE THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF WRITING. THEY PREFERRED PLAIN STYLE. THEY PREFERRED PLAIN STYLE.

9. THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS (1691- 1692) EXPERIENCED MASS HYSTERIA WHEN IT WAS BELIEVED THAT YOUNG GIRLS WERE FALLING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF WITCHCRAFT. SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS (1691- 1692) EXPERIENCED MASS HYSTERIA WHEN IT WAS BELIEVED THAT YOUNG GIRLS WERE FALLING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF WITCHCRAFT. ACCUSED WITCHES, SOME VERY PROMINENT PEOPLE, WERE EITHER JAILED OR EXECUTED. ACCUSED WITCHES, SOME VERY PROMINENT PEOPLE, WERE EITHER JAILED OR EXECUTED.