As the United States was forming as a country, its literary identity was also forming through a melting pot of writers including Benjamin Franklin, St. John de Crévecœur, Thomas Paine, and Phillis Wheatley . This included a number of forms of literature including epics, political pamphlets, and poetry. When the first settlers arrived in the Americas during the 15th century, some of the first literature they produced were descriptions of their new life away from the English homeland. . Puritan settlers in particular, due to their emphasis on education. William Bradford, governor of Plymouth Colony in what would become Massachusetts, is a well-known writer of this type of colonial “chronicle.” In his work Of Plymouth Plantation, Bradford provides a chilling description of the colony's first winter. He describes the perilous position of the colony when he writes "Having thus overcome the vast ocean and a sea of ​​troubles before in their preparation (as may be remembered from what came before), they now had no friends to welcome them nor inns to entertain or refresh the their bodies tested by the elements; no home, much less a city to take refuge in to seek relief. ”American colonial writing was also influenced by the very religious nature of the first colonies, such as the aforementioned Massachusetts Bay Colony this colony conformed to Puritan standards. The early writers of this colony wrote predominantly religious works. One of the first such works was John Winthrop's A Modell of Christian Charity, which outlined his goal of keeping the colony deeply in the faith. to help her survive alone in the New World. Winthrop told his fellow colonists upon arrival "For we must consider... half the paper..., and "Seeing his works" Wheatley's work is considered a sincere expression. as it addresses, for example, for the first time in American history by an African-American woman, white racism and affirms spiritual equality. Wheatley is an excellent example of Revolutionary-era women writers who have been rediscovered by modern feminist scholars. Another important colonial writer was Abigail Adams, whose letters between herself and Otis Warren and between her and her husband, future President John Adams, discussing women's rights in the U.S. Constitution are considered important documents of the era . colonies to the Declaration of Independence, American literature evolved and flourished. A large and diverse group of writers in the population supported its wide variety of genres including political pamphlets, epics, etc...