From the first settlement to present day, our country has seen numerous wars, reformations, religious and social movements. ... During King Phillip's War, the settlers and the Indians were fighting. ... On her sixteenth move, Rowlandson found herself walking through ice cold water, tired, hungry, and in pain. ... Most of the literature from the romantic period is fiction. ... The Civil War greatly impacted this period and more regional writers began to emerge. ...

• Word Count: 1778
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

From the first settlement to present day, our country has seen numerous wars, reformations, religious and social movements. ... During King Phillip's War, the settlers and the Indians were fighting. ... On her sixteenth move, Rowlandson found herself walking through ice cold water, tired, hungry, and in pain. ... Most of the literature from the romantic period is fiction. ... The Civil War greatly impacted this period and more regional writers began to emerge. ...

• Word Count: 1835
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Before the Civil War, America was plagued with a complicated social quandary that incorporated individual, societal, political, economic, and religious principles. ... When revealing the darker side to servitude though, she does not necessarily petition to those of authority who can bring about change due to her lack of firsthand knowledge and the additional elements of fiction that skew the integrity of the slave experience. ...

• Word Count: 2701
• Approx Pages: 11