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Part I. The Literature of Colonial America Historical Introduction Puritan Puritanism Early American writers and Poets I. Historical Introduction The native American and their culture–-Indians Christopher Columbus discovered the American continent in 1492 Captain Christopher Newport reached Virginia in 1607. Puritans came to the New England area by “Mayflower” in 1620. The Puritan migration began. Puritans One division of English Protestant. They regarded the reformation of the church under Elizabeth as incomplete, and called for further purification. To them, religion is a matter of pri