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His Autobiography was written in 1771
Benjamin Franklin
First poem was published in a Rhode Island newspaper.
Phillis Wheatley
Wrote “Common Sense” which called for immediate independence from England.
Thomas Paine
Deism along with an intellectual rebellion against the Puritan religious orientation
from the previous age are characteristics of the Age of Reason.
Taxation that exacted tax on goods the colonists imported, such as paper, paints,
glass, and tea shipped from England.
Townshend Act of 1767
This author’s work(s) included prefatory notes by respectable people in Boston, such
as His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson, Governor, 1771-1774.
Phillis Wheatley
Thomas Jefferson describes Wheatley’s poetry as "elegant lines...exhibiting striking
proof of … poetical talents."
Phillis Wheatley adopts an ostensibly public voice in her poetry.
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Adopted the plain style “to make those who can scarcely read understand.”
Thomas Paine
Adopted the plain style “to make those who can scarcely read understand.”
The 13 virtues of self-improvement course that Benjamin Franklin expounded
included chastity.
Thomas Paine designed this work to present what he called "the theology that is
true."
Age of Reason
“Common Sense” made the argument that American reconciliation with Britain was
feasible.
Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography is a deeply personal guide to life for his son and
does not address his involvement in the French and Indian War or his diplomatic
mission to England.
In this work, Thomas Paine outlined the rewards of victory and the consequences of
defeat.
The American Crisis Series
Harvard was founded in 1718 in Puritan New Haven to offset rationalism at Yale.
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Which of Thomas Paine’s work was published during the actual fighting for
independence?
The American Crisis Series
Wrote "To His Excellency General Washington,” which was praised by Washington.
Phillis Wheatley
Described Phillis Wheatley's poetry as "elegant lines . . . the style and manner exhibit
a striking proof of … poetical talents…."
George Washington
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The Declaration of Independence appropriates some of the tenets or ideas derived from
the Age of Reason or Revolutionary period. Which tenet or idea does the underlined or
highlighted part derive from (or allude to)? When in the Course of human events, it
becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected
them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and
equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent
respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which
impel them to the separation.
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The clause too, reprobating the enslaving the inhabitants of Africa, was struck out in
complaisance to South Carolina and Georgia, who had never attempted to restrain the
importation of slaves, and who, on the contrary, still wished to continue it. Our northern
brethren also, I believe, felt a little tender under those censures; for though their people
had very few slaves themselves, yet they had been pretty considerable carriers of them
to others. This statement suggests that______
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Thomas Paine was coeditor of the
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Brought to America at about age 7
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Advocated way to wealth practices that included practice of industry
Benjamin Franklin
A major theme of Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography is way to wealth.
Catalogs complaints (about 27 complaints) against the King of Britain.
Thomas Jefferson
Rationalists did not view human beings as free agents whose minds work as they
themselves choose.
In his Autobiography published in 1829, he discusses some of the changes made in
the draft version of the declaration before it was approved.
Thomas Jefferson
Which of the following illustrates the logical progression of ideas in "The Declaration
of Independence"?
All the above
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'Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
Taught my benighted soul to understand
That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too:
This excerpt is from a poem authored by _______
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Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was an instant bestseller that sold about
150,000 copies in three months.
In this work, Thomas Paine used inspirational language to portray the military
situation of the revolutionary war from an optimistic perspective.
The American Crisis Series
Wheatley’s poetry was influenced by Puritan beliefs and included Neo-classical
themes.
The book of this author is an example of the rag-to-riches literature that offered an
optimistic American ideal.
Benjamin Franklin
Words such as "inalienable," "annihilation," "usurpations," and "invariably" are
examples of the formal language used by Thomas Jefferson in “The Declaration of
Independence.”
Francis Bacon championed the scientific method as a necessary part of everyone’s
elementary and high school education.
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His work exemplifies the rag-to-riches tale.
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Phillis Wheatley was the first woman to publish a book of poetry.
Which of Thomas Paine’s work was a discourse intended to be a religious revolution
to subject major religions to scientific scrutiny and criticism?
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