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Preface Exploration and the colonies, 1492-1791 Virginia and the South New | |
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England Timeline | |
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Exploration and the Colonies | |
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Natives and explorers native literature | |
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The oral tradition a Tale of the Sky World The Chief’s Daughters | |
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Coyote and Bear Twelfth Song of the Thunder | |
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The Corn Grows Up At the Time of the White Dawn Snake the Cause The | |
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Weaver’s Lamentation CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (1451–1506) [Report on the First Voyage] GIOVANNI DA VERRAZZANO (1485?–1528) | |
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From Verrazzano''s Voyage 1524 ALVAR N��EZ CABEZ DE VACA (c. 1490–c. 1557) | |
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From The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca Chapter 12 | |
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The Indians Bring Us Food Chapter | |
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The Christians Leave the Island of Malhado | |
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Richard hakluyt (1552–1616) | |
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From The Famous Voyage of Sir Francis Drake [Nova Albion] | |
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Samuel de champlain (c. 1567–1635) | |
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From Voyages of Samuel de Champlain | |
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The Voyages of 1604–1607 Chapter 8 Continuation of the discoveries along the coast of the Almouchiquois, and what we observed in detail | |
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The colonies john smith (1580–1631) From | |
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The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles From | |
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The Third Book The Proceedings and Accidents of the English Colony in Virginia Chapter II What Happened till the First Supply From The Fourth Book | |
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The Proceedings of the English after the Alteration of the Government of Virginia John Smith''s Relation to Queen Anne of Pocahontas (1616) From | |
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The Sixth Book The General History of New England The Description of New England WILLIAM BRADFORD (1590–1657) | |
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From Of Plymouth Plantation, Book I Chapter IX Of Their Voyage, and How They Passed the Sea; and of Their Safe Arrival at Cape Cod Chapter X Showing How | |
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They Sought Out a Place of Habitation; and What Befell Them | |
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Thereabout From Of Plymouth Plantation, Book II [The Mayflower Compact (1620)] [Compact with the Indians (1621)] [First Thanksgiving (1621)] [Narragansett Challenge (1622)] [Thomas Morton of Merrymount (1628)] THOMAS MORTON (c. 1579–1647) | |
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New English Canaan From The First Book | |
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Containing the Original of the Natives, Their Manners, and Customs, with Their | |
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Tractable Nature and Love towards the English Chapter IV Of Their Houses and Habitations Chapter XV Of Their Admirable Perfection in the Use of the Senses From | |
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The Third Book Containing a Description of the People That Are Planted | |
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There, What Remarkable Accidents Have Happened | |
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There Since They Were Settled, What Tenants | |
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They Hold, Together with the Practice of Their Church Chapter XIV Of the Revels of New Canaan Chapter XV Of a Great Monster Supposed to be at Ma–re Mount and the Preparation | |
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Made to Destroy It John winthrop (1588–1649) | |
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From A Model of Christian Charity Chapter 1, A Model Hereof | |
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Roger williams (1603?–1683) | |
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From The Bloody Tenet of Persecution for Cause of Conscience Preface Chapter XCIII Letter to the Town of Providence | |
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Puritanism anne bradstreet (1612?–1672) | |
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The Prologue The Flesh and the Spirit Contemplations | |
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The Author to Her Book Before the Birth of One of Her Children | |
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To My Dear and Loving Husband A Letter to Her Husband, Absent upon Public | |
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Employment Another [Letter of Her Husband, Absent upon Public Employment] | |
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In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet, Who Deceased August, 1665 Being a Year and a Half Old Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, | |
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Michael wigglesworth (1631–1705) | |
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From The Day of Doom Mary rowlandson (1636?–1711?) | |
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From A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson | |
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Samuel sewall (1652–1730) | |
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From The Diary of Samuel Sewall [Customs, Courts, and Courtships] | |
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Edward taylor (1642?–1729) | |
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The Preface Meditation 1, First Series Upon Wedlock, and Death of Children | |
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The Experience Huswifery Meditation 8, First Series Upon a Spider Catching a Fly | |
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A Fig for Thee Oh! Death | |
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Crosscurrents Puritans, Indians, and Witchcraft | |
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William wood (FL 1628–1635) [Native Religion] John winthrop (1588–1649) [The Trial of Margaret Jones] | |
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Cotton mather (1663–1728) [Indian Powaws and Witchcraft] Mary towne easty (1634?–1692) [The Petition of Mary Easty] Samuel sewall (1652–1730) [A Witchcraft Judge’s Confession of Guilt] | |
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Cotton mather (1663–1728) | |
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From The Wonders of the Invisible World Enchantments Encountered | |
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The Trial of Bridget Bishop, alias Oliver, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Held at Salem, June 2, 1692 A Third Curiosity From Magnalia Christi Americana | |
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The Life of John Winthrop From Bonifacius Essays to Do Good On Internal Piety and Self–Examination SARAH KEMBLE KNIGHT (1666–1727) From | |
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The Journal of Madam Knight [New England Frontier] [Connecticut] [New York City] | |
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The south and the middle colonies william byrd (1674–1744) | |
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From The History of the Dividing Line [The Marooner] [Lubberland] [Indian Neighbors] JOHN WOOLMAN (1720–1772) | |
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From The Journal of John Woolman 1720–1742 [Early Years] 1749–1756 [On Merchandise] 1757 [Evidence of Divine Truth] [Slavery] 1755–1758 [Taxes and Wars] St jean de cr�Vecoeur (1735–1813) | |
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From Letters from an American Farmer What Is an American? Description of Charles–Town; Thoughts on Slavery; On Physical Evil; A Melancholy Scene From Sketches of Eighteenth Century America Manners of the Americans William bartram (1739–1823) | |
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From Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida [Alligators] [The Amazing Crystal Fountain] | |
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Reason and revolution, 1725-1800 The Enlightenment and the Spirit of | |
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Rationalism From Neoclassical to Romantic Literature | |
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Timeline Reason and Revolution Jonathan edwards (1703–1758) | |
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Sarah Pierrepont From A Divine and Supernatural Light Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Personal Narrative Benjamin franklin (1706–1790) | |
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From The Autobiography From Poor Richard''s Almanack Preface to Poor | |
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Richard, 1733 The Way to Wealth Preface to Poor Richard, | |
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The Speech of Polly Baker An Edict by the King of Prussia From Information to | |
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Those Who Would Remove to America Letter to Ezra Stiles [Here Is My Creed] Speech in the [Constitutional] Convention, at the Conclusion of Its Deliberations Thomas paine (1737–1809) From Common Sense Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs The American Crisis From | |
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The Age of Reason [Profession of Faith] [Of Myth and Miracle] [Christian Revelation and Nature] [First Cause God of Reason] [Recapitulation] John adams (1735–1826) and Abigail adams (1744–1818) | |
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Letters Thomas jefferson (1743–1826) | |
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The Declaration of Independence First Inaugural Address From | |
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Notes on the State of Virginia [A Southerner on Slavery] [Speech of Logan] Letter to Dr Benjamin Rush [The Christian Deist] Letter to John Adams [The True Aristocracy] Olaudah equiano (1745?–1797?) | |
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From The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Chapter 2 [Horrors of a Slave Ship] Chapter 3 [Travels from Virginia to England] Chapter 7 [He Purchases His Freedom] Phillis wheatley (1753?–1784) | |
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To the University of Cambridge, in New-England On | |