The colonial period in the Americas could best be described as the colonization of the new world and everything that came with it. This includes ongoing relationship struggles with Native Americans. The creation of a new culture and endowing the sources of the new settlers of North america. And primarily the movement towards the independence from a tyrannical Great Britain king and parliament. The colonial period described in literature is the main events of what was happening, including women’s rights, the establishment of a culture, and the movement towards independence.
The colonial period sparked the beginning of a long and propelling women’s rights movement, which ended in 1920 with the nineteenth amendment giving women in the country …show more content…
The movement was sparked by a man named Patrick Henry, the man who coined the famous phrase “give me liberty or give me death!” He gave a speech to the Virginia convention in March of 1775. The speech held ideas of the movement towards independence by the colonies from a country that had abused them in more ways than one. Henry’s purpose in the speech was to convince politicians as well as motivate the people that it was the best option for the colonies. He used pathos to sway the public when he talked about “the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country.” He also used logic when he said “I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery”, I consider this to be the most effective sentence in the whole speech besides his last words. He effectively appealed to emotion and logic to convince the public that they should push to become free. This lead to perhaps the most famous piece of American literature from this time period, the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence, written by primarily by Thomas Jefferson, was an article saying they were going to gain independence from Great Britain. Obviously, it was effectively done considering I’m writing this in the United States of America 240 years later. The movement towards independence caused multiple forces of literature in this area as it was the main event of the colonial
The colonial period sparked the beginning of a long and propelling women’s rights movement, which ended in 1920 with the nineteenth amendment giving women in the country …show more content…
The movement was sparked by a man named Patrick Henry, the man who coined the famous phrase “give me liberty or give me death!” He gave a speech to the Virginia convention in March of 1775. The speech held ideas of the movement towards independence by the colonies from a country that had abused them in more ways than one. Henry’s purpose in the speech was to convince politicians as well as motivate the people that it was the best option for the colonies. He used pathos to sway the public when he talked about “the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country.” He also used logic when he said “I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery”, I consider this to be the most effective sentence in the whole speech besides his last words. He effectively appealed to emotion and logic to convince the public that they should push to become free. This lead to perhaps the most famous piece of American literature from this time period, the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence, written by primarily by Thomas Jefferson, was an article saying they were going to gain independence from Great Britain. Obviously, it was effectively done considering I’m writing this in the United States of America 240 years later. The movement towards independence caused multiple forces of literature in this area as it was the main event of the colonial