Literature of the usa. Colonial period literature

Questions

1. 
   When did colonization of America start, and to what political and economic processes was that overseas expansion due?
   
2. 
   What countries competed with each other in exploring and exploiting the natural resources of the New World?
   
3. 
   How did the ideals declared by the Puritans on their arrival in America differ from their actions when they settled in the new land?
   
4. 
   Who were the Native Americans, and what stage of development had they reached when the Europeans discovered the American continent?
   
5. 
   Why did the Franco-Indian Wars break out?
   
6. 
   Who were the people used as labour by the privileged masters in the New World? How did they happen to be in America?
   
7. 
   What was the difference in the government set up by the Puritans the North ( New England), and the form of government in the South (Virginia)
   
8. 
   Which of these two forms of government influenced most the culture of the people and their language?
   
9. 
   What are Americanisms?
   
10. 
    When did the first literature written in the English language appear in America? Who were the writers and what did they write about?