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Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield represented the Great Awakening, a religious revival in the early 18th century that asserted strict Calvinism.

Other Puritan and religious writers include Thomas Hooker, Thomas Shepard, John Wise, and Samuel Willard.

Less strict and serious writers included Samuel Sewall ( who wrote a diary revealing the daily life of the late 17th century ), and Sarah Kemble Knight.