Colonial america map

Historical Context

By msbrenner
  • Period: Jan 1, 1200 to Jan 1, 1550

    Great Vowel Shift

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus Arrives!

  • Thomas Harriot's "A Brief and True Report..." Published

  • "Macbeth" First Performed

  • John Smith's "A Description of New England"

  • Mary Rowlandson's "The Soveraignty & Goodness of God" Published

    Interesting Point - When published in London her narrative's name was changed to, A Narrative of the Captivity, Sufferings, and Removes of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson Changes the focus a bit, eh?
  • Period: to

    First Great Awakening

  • Samual Johnson's Dictionary Published in England

  • *Edgar Huntly* by Charles Brockden Brown Published

  • Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" Published

  • Washington Irving's "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Published

  • *Hope Leslie* by Catherine Maria Sedgewick

  • Willa Cather's *Song of the Lark*

  • John Steinbeck's *The Grapes of Wrath*

  • David Lilienthal's "One Valley--and a Thousand"

  • Aldo Leopold's "The Land Ethic"

  • Noah Webster's Dictionary First Published in America