精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上美国文学期末复习资料Chapter 1 The Literature of Colonial America (early 17th C. late 18th C.)1. Historical Background1492 Columbus discovered the American continent1617 Jamestown Colony, in Virginia.1620Mayflower; Plymouth Colony1630Massachusetts Bay Colony 1640 The Bay Psalm Book, the first publication in America.1776 the Declaration of Independence1789 George Washington was elected the first president American literature in the colonial period