Question

Write a note on the literature of the colonial period.

Answer 1

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In its earliest days, during the 1600s, American literature consisted mostly of practical nonfiction written by British settlers who populated the colonies that would become the United States. ... These histories, published in 1608 and 1624, are among the earliest works of American literature.

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Answer 2

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✴️The first work published in the Puritan colonies was the Bay Psalm Book (1640), and the whole effort of the divines who wrote furiously to set forth their views—among them Roger Williams and Thomas Hooker—was to defend and promote visions of the religious state.✴️