How did the influence of the European settlers affect literature in the Americas? Before the settlers came the native language was based on the myths that the Native Americans made up to explain the causes of the earth. Anne Bradstreet was one of the most important influences on literature. Influence by Shakespeare, Anne Bradstreet might be the first American poet. Europeans settlers affected the language of the Native Americans. At that time the Native American’s literature was based on myths. European literature was different theirs was more based on facts and reasoning. Thanks to the European settlers the literature in the Americas started to be written down rather than being told or lectured. Settlers started to write poems that focused on the same thing as the stories of the Native Americans which were on the views of life and the earth. Compared to Anne Bradstreet’s style of writing, the Native Americans’ was more oral. They would be telling stories to their kids rather than writing them down. Anne Bradstreet had a different type of writing though; hers was based more on her religious views. Both were very similar because like the Native Americans, Anne Bradstreet’s writing was about her experiences and on life. Influenced by Shakespeare, she found in him a source of inspiration and technique that would one day run like threads of gold through the fabric of her own work.” Knowing this helps me understand American Literature much better. Now I know that Anne Bradstreet is or might have been the first poet in the United States. Her writing which was influenced by Shakespeare was about her life and religious views. Native Americans had an equal influence on American Literature. Their literature however was more oral rather than