Did you know that the Native Americans created the very first literature? They told stories that used very consistent ideas. They used a lot of personification, and anthropomorphism. In almost every story they told, animals or gods portrayed human characteristics. Many of their stories expl...

Social Structure Amidst the Native Americans No one is quite sure how the Native Americans first came to the Americas but there are two main theories. The first theory is that hunters crossed an Ice bridge that stretched across the Pacific Ocean from Asia to Alaska and discovered a land that cou...

Early American Literature Essay #1 October 10, 2000 America: The Most Unpredictable Ending Ever! Language has proved itself to be the single most powerful force in history. Hurricanes, gale force winds, dictators, floods, fires, nor nuclear weapons carry a fraction of the energy--energy t...

Exploreres and Purtians: 17-Century Puritans Who were the English Puritans? When the 16th-century Reformation took place three distinct sectors of reformation developed: the German, the Swiss (including France) and the English. Of these three the weakest and least hopeful was the English. At fir...

Americana: Product of Renaissance and Reformation Americana, what I call American Culture, is a very hot item on the market right now. It's sold all over the world. Countries buy it buy the dozen: Coke, McDonalds, democracy, and freedom. Those who cant afford it wish to have it. At the sam...

Sarah Kemble Knight What would a woman in the 1700's be doing riding on horseback across country by herself? This question seems shocking to some but not to a woman like Sarah Kemble Knight. She was the daughter of a Boston merchant and married a sea captain. In her quest from Boston to New ...