American Literature by

1620- Of Plymouth Plantation

elenayoung12 — 2015-11-10 18:33:21 UTC

The pilgrims risked their lives to discover America because they believed and their dream was to expand themselves as well as their religion. The pilgrims felt it was their duty to discover the land and make it better, spread their teachings to others; whether is was gone about in the right way or not , the pilgrims found America and the Native Americans that were there as well. The world was in a need for expansion and new lands. after finding the new America, many issues came from the pilgrims trying to push their beliefs of their expansion onto the Native Americans.

1700s-- The Enlightenment

elenayoung12 — 2015-12-01 18:52:03 UTC

Americans valued their religion (their God and "His" beliefs). Being a hard-worker, self-reliant, and many other characteristics where being valued during this time. this meant that the "American Dream" would be pretty easy to achieve with the attitudes that were already built into the people. They already had a go-get-em way of working spirit in the people.

1692-The Crucibles

elenayoung12 — 2015-12-03 19:47:12 UTC

The Puritans of Salem, Massachusetts were normal people with the exception of having a strong belief that the devil is real and in everyday life. Puritans wanted a utopia, but were trying to get one by rebelling occasionally. Puritans feared God's wrath and figured Satan was out and about in their lives and streets. This shaped their American Dream in the way that they were trying to get rid of Satan and to them if it meant people would be killed and imprisoned for life, then they were willing to do so. They all still had the main values of an American including hard-working-and self-reliant, their religion also meant a lot to them.