1. Historical Background of
early American Literature
1-1. Beginning of American Literature
Brief and True Report of the
New Found Land of Virginia (1588)
England’s Colonial Policy
“Send immigrants and help them settle down”
Settlers’ Purpose
Reformation
16th Century in Europe
Reproach Catholic Church, the practice of selling indulge
colonies
①the Middle Atlantic region
Jamestown : South Eastern English speaker 들의 정착.
North Carolina : Virginia로부터의 이동이 있고 후에 German, Scottish, Scots Irish settlers 받아 들임
South Carolina : English , Irish , welsh settlers and significant number of French Huguenots and Dutch( directly from Netherlands and new Amsterdam)
식민지 사람들의 인종과
American expansion in the pacific islands
- The Samoan islands became the First important American colony
- The Hawaiian islands were the next to fall Americans had made pearl harbor into naval station in 1887. American settlers gained control of sugar industry in the islands.
Acquiring the Philippine islands
The Filipino hoped for independence, but the Americans refused to grant it.
In 1757 during the French and Indian War, the British and French are battling for control of North America. Though they are bound by law to join the militia to aid the British, many settlers are reluctant to leave their frontier homes and families defenseless against Huron Indians allied with the French.
Chingachgook , his son Uncas , and Hawkeye , his adopted white son, visit the Cameron house