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Age of Reason Guided notes

Lecture notes

1. Define Colonial Period Literature

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2. Define Age of Reason Literature
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3. Define Romanticism Literature
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4. List the main influences for Age of Reason (Change between Colonial and Age of Reason).
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5. What aspects of thought did Age of Reason Literature focus on?
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6. List the four key players of the Age of Reason Movement and at least one work that they are associated with
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Ben Franklin Auto Biography

7. Define Neoclassic
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8. Benjamin Franklin is considered the most notable example of an AMerican Neoclassicist. What from the
excerpts of his autobiography and Poor Richard's Almanack supports this assertion? Are any of Franklin's actions
inappropriate for a true Neoclassicist? Explain.
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9. Consider the character Franklin shows in his autobiography. After reading about his inventions how was his
character in early life shown in his later life? Use evidence from the texts to support your answer.
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Thomas Paine Common Sense

10. Identify the reason Paine gives in The Crisis NO 1 for believing that God is on the colonist's side. Why would he
start his argument this way?
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11. In Common Sense, when does Paine argue is the best time for a country to form a constitution? What present
day events reflect the danger posed when a country has a "vacant seat of government"?
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12. What does Paine believe will happen if Great Britain regains control of the government of America? Give
examples from the text.
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13. Determine Paine's strongest reason for fighting for independence. Where does he state it?
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14. In Common Sense what does Paine say that he is offering the reader?
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