Transatlantic Currents: Literary Exchange Between Britain And North America

From Rediscovery to Revolution to Romanticism

A Research on the Literary Exchange Between Britain and North America as Influenced by the Early History of the British Colonization on the New World

Introduction

The America of how the modern world has known it to be would have not existed if it was not for the European colonizers and settlers . They have made it a point to expand the influence of whichever country they belong to (Britain , Italy , Franc , etc ) towards the undiscovered lands of the world . Though America at the time of

expeditions and colonizations were already occupied by earlier settlers like the Native Indians , European men and women sought to civilize and tame these so-called barbarians . This civilizing and taming , and the fact that these new people are running all over a land which has previously belonged to people became a catalyst for the fight for the established colonies ' liberation and freedom . The beginnings and progress of America are complex as it is a diverse cultural heritage that encompasses many races and nations . Of the many events in the American history , the ones which would most likely be remembered are the coming of the British colony and the inevitable unrest with the Native Americans

With so much historical and political drama , Europeans who have established themselves in the New World gained any means to help fulfil their goal - and this is where revolutionary writing came into being The years before the revolution - the early years of settlement - bore witness...