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Colonial American(Early 17th Century – The End of 18the Century) American Puritans: the founding fathers Self-asserted God-chosen people with a strong sense of mission to build the wilderness into a new Garden of Eden according to their own ideal as Not tolerant to dissenters: Strictness and austerity in conduct and religion Calvinists Practical idealists The shaping influence of Puritanism upon American Literature American literature: The expression of the American Puritan bequest For the establishment of the Garden of Eden (practice of the God-endowed mission) with the indomitable courag