文档介绍：ThecolonialperiodstretchedroughlyfromthesettlementofAmericaintheearly17thcenturythroughtheendofthe18th、ThefirstpermanentsettlementinAmericawasestablishedbyEnglishin1607、(old、TheyarrivedatVirginiain1607、TheynamedtheJamesRiverandbuildtheJamestown、)-revolutionarywritinginthecolonieswasessentiallyoftwokinds: 1)Practicalmatter-of-ountsoffarming,hunting,travel,etc、designedtoinformpeople"athome"whatlifewaslikeinthenewworld,and,often,toinducetheirimmigration 2)Highlytheoretical,generallypolemical,discussionsofreligiousquestions、 ThefirstwritingsthatwecallAmericanwerethenarrativesandjournalsofthesesettlements、Theywroteabouttheirvoyagetothenewland,theirlivesinthenewland,theirdealingswithIndians、 CaptainJohnSmithisthefirstAmericanwriter、 identsofNoteasHathHappenedinVirginiaSincetheFirstPlantingofThatColony(1608) AMapofVirginia:ADescriptionoftheCountry(1612) GeneralHistoryofVirginia(1624):theIndianprincessPocahontas CaptainJohnSmithwasoneofthefirstearly17th-centuryBritishsettlersinNorthAmerica、HewasoneofthefoundersofthecolonyofJamestown,Virginia、HiswritingsaboutNorthAmericabecamethesourceofinformationabouttheNewWorldforlatersettlers、 OneofthethingshewroteaboutthathasbeeanAmericanlegendwashiscapturebytheIndiansandhisrescuebythefamousIndianPrincess,Pocahontas、 WilliamBradfordandJohnWinthrop JohnCottonandRogerWilliams 、Theoriginofpuritan InthemediaevalEurope,therewaswidespreadreligiousrevolution、Inthe16thCentury,theEnglishKingHenryVIII(Atthattime,theCatholicswerenotallowedtodivorceunlesstheyhavethePope'spermission、HenryVIIIwantedtodivorcehiswifebecauseshecouldn'tbearhimason、ButthePopedidn'tallowhimtodivorce,sohe)hurch&establishedtheChurchofEngland、hurch、AgroupofpeoplethoughttheChurchofEnglandwastooCatholicandwantedtopurifythechurch、ThencamethenamePuritans、2、Puritanism--basedonCalvinism (1)predestination:God'select