Major Changes In American Culture

Literature in the united states has undergone great changes since the founding of America. It started with the puritans and changed and metamorphosed into the literature and arts that we have today. In the 1600s, the puritans had very strict beliefs, but as the centuries went on, the importance of religion declined and free thinking and other elements arose in its place. Colonialism came puritanism which changed the ideologies on fate and the importance of religion began to waver. The romantics followed the colonials and created an era of one being indelved in one's work and having personal connection to the works that you create. It also added new elements to literature, things which were never seen before. Elements such as horror and
As colonialisms grasped America, puritanism’s grasp began to weaken. With colonials came a sense of rationalism and thinking with science and reason and people began to rely less and less on religion. People even began to question whether there was as God. People in America also became fed up with theocracy and the tyrannical monarchy of Britain and overthrew the monarchy and established a democracy in its place. The colony then became concerned with building its own nation after breaking away and declaring independence. With the political changes came a change in the available literature. More nonfiction such as newspapers, political speeches, and historical texts came about with colonialism. This movement also changed the people’s idea on fate. They no longer believed that fate was predestined, they began to believe that a person could change their fate and that their fate was not predetermined and they could break the cycle of inheriting a family occupation. The presence of religion became weaker in America due to colonialism causing a switch in ideas and
The country’s government, society and culture changed as a result. America was a presidential democracy and gave the people a say in their government, a choice Britain never gave them. People voted their officials who represented the people in the senate and house of representatives. In society, the importance of religion began to diminish further. People began to rely less on religion and delved into the mind for answers instead of turning to religion for the answers they so desperately seeked. The people also abandoned the idea of fate and it being predestined. They began believing that fate is determined by oneself and one can become what they wish to be and everyone has the right to choose the path they wish to take in life. Along with the social and political changes, of course America’s literature began to change. The romantics took the writing world by storm by introducing the idea of one being connected to their works and instituting horror, mystery, and more fictional literature. There were two main branches of the romantics, which were the gothics and the transcendentalists. The gothics created stories about madness, horror, sickness, death, and thrill and used the horrors the resided in daily life, but also fictional horrors and elements like the paranormal. The gothics introduced gothic literature which