Or The Age of Enlightenment The Age of Reason The American Revolution American Classicism Or The Age of Enlightenment The Age of Reason The American Revolution

Differences Between Puritanism and Classicism Part I Differences Between Puritanism and Classicism

Dates Puritanism 1620’s-1750’s Classicism 1750’s-1820’s

Man is Mainly Interested in Puritanism The afterlife (predestination) Classicism His Earthly Life

Man is Concerned with his Role Puritanism Man’s role with God and Church Classicism Man’s role with Society and his Relationship with Other Man

Man Sought Guidance From Puritanism The Bible, Religious Leaders, Pious People Classicism Ancient Greece and Rome, Scientists, Philosophers, Thinkers. Greco-Roman=Classicism

Believed that Men Were Puritanism Focus on Difference: Men were good or evil, saved or doomed Classicism Focus on Similarity: “All men are created Equal”

What’s Going on in the World Part II What’s Going on in the World

In Europe Centuries of War People are sick of it and want peace Scientific Discoveries The colonies have been (mostly) left on their own. https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/timeline-of-enlightenment-scientific-discoveries

Sir Isaac Newton Jan 4, 1643 – Mar 31, 1727 Invented Calculus 3 laws of Motion Theorized that Gravity is a Universal Law Causes Religious Upheaval

Classicist View of Religion Deism: Clockwork God: God set the world in motion and has been “hands off” God gave Reason to Man Man is a superior creature Is Obligated to use the Gift of Reason God created Natural Laws Based on constants (rules) Man could use reason (science) to discover these laws

What’s Going on in The (forgotten) Colonies What do you think the “Pilgrims” were doing the whole time? Animals Multiply Farms get Bigger Cottage Industries Trade (Bootlegging)

Think about it How do you think the colonists reacted to things like The Stamp Act and The Townsend Acts?

Puritans

Classic Thoughts “The proper study of Mankind is Man” -Alexander Pope

I think, therefore I am “cogito ergo sum” Classic Thought -Rene Descartes

“Honesty is the best policy” Man is facing a unique challenge; he must balance his religious beliefs with practical scientific findings. *************Examples? “Honesty is the best policy”

Man in Society Society is what elevates man above the animals Social Contract John Locke Rights of Man Thomas Hobbes By using reason, man can make a great society Common Needs and interests served

Part IV. Classicist Literature Clear, Logical, Reasonable Easily Understood by the Masses About Politics and Philosophy Writers were statesmen Rooted in Reality

Types of Literature Evolved from the Puritan Journals Autobiographies ex. The Autobiography of Ben Franklin Evolved from the Puritan Journals

Types of Literature Evolved from the Puritan Sermons Speeches Ex. Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Virginia Assembly, July 5, 1775. Evolved from the Puritan Sermons

Types of Literature Evolved from the Puritan Poetry 3. Pamphlets ex. “Common Sense” “The American Crisis” Evolved from the Puritan Poetry

Types of Literature 4. Political Documents ex. “The Declaration of Independence”

Types of Literature 4. Political Documents ex. The Articles of Confederation Helped convince some states like New York to ratify the constitution ex. The Federalist Papers Helped people understand what The Constitution was all about