- Mercantilism- an economic system where a nations power is measured by its wealth in gold and silver. In order to make mercantilism work, countries competed with one another to acquire gold and silver. ... - William Bradford became the first governor of Plymouth. ... - William Laud- a member of the Anglican Clergy who persuaded Charles I to "toughen up" on the Puritans. ... Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania was a proprietary colony started by William Penn, who had a very rich father...

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There, he learned how to set type under Patriot's foreman printer William Hartshorne. ... Whitman tried hard to make this second edition look different from first one, so he eliminated the space of the first one, also without Emerson's permission, he printed in gold the opening words of the letter he sent: "I greet you at the beginning of a great career, which must yet have a long foreground somewhere, for such a start. ...

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Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree {Davidoff, 199}. American literature has been apart of our history since our settlement. Throughout our history, America has generated many great authors. These authors write works of literature that educate ...

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