Chronological Chart Transcriptions

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CHRONOLOGICAL CHART I. AMERICAN LITERATURE,
1600–1800

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Thomas Morton(1575?-1646)
Nathaniel Ward(1578-1652?)
Roger Williams(1604-1683)
Michael Wigglesworth(1631-1705)
Anne Bradstreet(1612-1672)
Increase Mather(1639-1723)
Cotton Mather(1663-1728)
Samuel Sewall(1652-1730)
Sarah Kemble Knight(1666-1727)
Jonathan Edwards(1703-1758)
Benjamin Franklin(1706-1790)
Michel de Crèvecoeur(1731-1813)
Francis Hopkinson(1737-1791)
John Trumbull(1750-1831)
Philip Freneau(1752-1832)
Timothy Dwight(1752-1817)
Joel Barlow(1754-1812)
Brockden Brown(1771-1810)
Washington Irving(1783-1859)
Fitz-Greene Halleck(1790-1867)
Joseph Rodman Drake(1795-1820)
J. Fenimore Cooper(1789-1851)
Wm. Cullen Bryant(1794-1878)

Reigns of English Monarchs

JAMES I1603-1625
CHARLES I1625-1649
PROTECTORATE1649-1660
CHARLES II1660-1685
JAMES II1685-1689
WM.-MARY1689-1702
ANNE1702-1714
GEORGE I1714-1727
GEORGE II1727-1760
GEORGE III1760-1820
American Revolution1775-1780

James I

Charles I

Protect-
orate

Charles II

Jas.
II

Wm.-
Mary

Anne

George I

George II

George III

1600

1610

1620

1630

1640

1650

1660

1670

1680

1690

1700

1710

1720

1730

1740

1750

1760

1770

1780

1790

Thomas Morton (1575?–1646)

Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652?)

Roger Williams (1604–1683)

Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705)

Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672)

Increase Mather (1639–1723)

Cotton Mather (1663–1728)

Samuel Sewall (1652–1730)

Sarah Kemble Knight (1666–1727)

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

Michel de Crèvecœur (1731–1813)

Francis Hopkinson (1737–1791)

John Trumbull (1750–1831)

Philip Freneau (1752–1832)

Timothy Dwight (1752–1817)

Joel Barlow (1754–1812)

Washington Irving (1783–1859)

Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867)

Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820)

J. Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851)

Wm. Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)

Dates for the English Reigns

Reign
James I(1603–1625)
Charles I(1625–1649)
Protectorate(1649–1660)
Charles II(1660–1685)
Jas. II(1685–1689)
Wm.-Mary(1689–1702)
Anne(1702–1714)
George I(1714–1727)
George II(1727–1760)
George III(1760–1820)
American Revolution(1775-1780)