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Creation stories were used to explain nature. Had rituals for healing, initiations, purifictions, and more. (Ritualistic)

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"how the world was made" (Cheyenne)

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Puritans and pilgrims who worked hard but lived a simple life. They were seperated from thechurch of England. Had a religion that dominates writing and lives.

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"To my dear and loving husband" (Anne Bradstreet)

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American Revolution; growth of patriotism. Democracy was a value of character. Replacing faith.

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"Declaration of Independence" (Thomas Jeffereson)

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A sense of identity and unity was created through the adversity of internal divisions and external threats from colonial and neighboring powers. Pivotal events that helped to define the territory, politics, and character of modern America

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Expansion of books, magazines, and newspaper publishing. Industrial Revolution + Abolitionist movement. Stressed the individual intuition, nature, being self- reliant.

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Civil war brings demand for realistic writing. People are being defined by "class". Darwin's influence= survival of the fittest.

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Overwhelming changes in technology. War+mass destruction. Rise of youth culture.

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"My autobiography" (Fredrick Douglas)

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"The Great Gatsby" (F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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"Uncle Tom's Cabin" (Harriet Beecher Stowe)

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"The Raven" (Edgar Allen Poe)