Authors
Author who wrote famous poems including MacBeth and Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespear
1600-1660
Early Modern Era
During the 1800s themes of…
Exploration and discovery
July 4th 1776 this happened
Declaration of Independence
Founding of the US
Edgar Allan Poe
1660-1790
Enlightenment
First modern European explorer to reach north america
Christopher Columbus
The 3rd president of the US. Under him the Louisiana Purchase was made
Thomas Jefferson
Famous poet who wrote Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
1790-1830
Romanticism
Sent by Thomas Jefferson right after the Louisiana purchase to explore the American West
Lewis and Clark
Founded in 1607, this settlement became the first permanent English colony in North America.
Jamestown
Was on the mayflower coming to America as a Colonist. Wrote “Of Plymouth Plantation”
William Bradford
During this time period the first expeditions into North America by the europeans took place
1600-1660
In 1820, this compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Missouri Compromise
This 1692 event in Massachusetts led to more than 200 accusations and 20 executions.
Salem Witch Trials
In this poem by John Donne he claims, this, is more powerful than death
Fear of death