American Literature by Doug Herring

1620 - Of Plymouth Plantation

doug_r_herring_ — 2015-02-17 22:25:12 UTC

This timeline project is on why the Pilgrims risked everything to come to America

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doug_r_herring_ — 2015-02-17 22:32:32 UTC

They risked their lives, security, and peace of mind for the many new opportunities that awaited them in America. They wanted to be free from opresion and their strict government. Pilgrims migrated to America and established a democracy. With a democracy in place the Pilgrims were free from English rule and were able to start off with a clean slate. Being free also came with drawbacks like having to learn new ways of survival such as growing crops, building shelter, and communicating with Native people.

doug_r_herring_ — 2015-02-17 22:41:14 UTC

1692 - The Crucible

doug_r_herring_ — 2015-04-29 17:28:12 UTC

Puritans of Salem, Massachusetts had valued wealth of the Church and the well being of all Puritan's that had lived in Salem at the time. There were two types of people in Salem, the poor farmer and the wealthy merchants that lived in the village. Many thought that Puritans had accused others to obtain more land in the region. Puritans began to worry people because of there love of wealth. Many also think The Salem Witch Trials were fueled by greed and jealousy, in which the accuser was jealous or wanted want the other person had. These had shaped the American dream by creating the want to be wealthy. In Salem the American dream had hanged from wanted to be wealthy to wanting to live.

doug_r_herring_ — 2015-04-29 17:43:34 UTC

1700's - The Enlightenment

doug_r_herring_ — 2015-05-14 18:56:05 UTC

Americans valued culture and intellectual forces, and moral philosophy. This shaped the American dream in a way that bettered the future in many ways such as the fascination with religion.

doug_r_herring_ — 2015-05-14 19:05:02 UTC