Answer:
- The religious beliefs of American Indian and European cultures.
- The daily life in American Indian tribes and British colonies.
- The struggle to survive long journeys and harsh landscapes.
- The challenge of establishing a government and enforcing laws.
- The desire for freedom and self-governance.
Poetry often reflects the concerns of daily life of the authors, and early American literature is not an exception. The topics that were discussed in this early period matched the main concerns of colonists, such as adapting to a new territory and building a new society.
Some of the main authors of this time period are Edward Taylor, Michael Whigglesworth, Nicholas Noyes, Daniel Gookin and Alexander Whitaker.
Because it's late and I want to sleep, but want to help out, I'll just be doing the numbers but in the order of the sentences.
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