LITERARY TERMS American Revolution

LITERARY TERMS The war between the American colonies and Great Britain (1775-1783)

18th century – “Enlightenment” or the Age of Reason

Valued reason over faith; Unlike the Puritans, had little interest in the “hereafter”.

Believed in the power of reason and science to further human progress. Believed people are by nature good.

Age of reason The American statesman of the Revolutionary period were the figures of Enlightenment...

Age of reason Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson Thomas Paine

Thomas Jefferson 3rd President Established the public school system

Thomas Jefferson Lawyer; brilliant writer; Outspoken defender of American rights.

Principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence. What’s that???

LITERARY TERMS Document that announced the separation of the 13 US colonies from Britain (7-4-1776)

Adams saw to it that Jefferson was appointed to the five man committee that was to prepare a declaration. The committee, after discussing the general outline that the document should follow, decided that Jefferson would write the first draft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGAjPYH9bcA Jefferson was not thrilled with the assignment. He had limited time for writing over the next seventeen days, and wrote the draft quickly.

THOMAS JEFFERSON He was the first Secretary of State (1790-1793). Who has that job now?

2nd Vice President , under President John Adams; 3rd President, from 1801-1809

Part of the Virginia Planter elite; Owned hundreds of slaves; Viewed Africans as racially inferior;

Had an intimate relationship with his mixed-race slave, Sally Hemmings, for over 40 years that resulted in six children.

His views on slavery were complex and changed over the course of his life; He presided over the abolition of the international slave trade in 1807.

ABOLITIONIST a person in favor of abolishing some law, custom, etc. one who favored the abolition of slavery in the U.S.

LITERARY TERMS Bill of Rights

LITERARY TERMS The first 10 amendments that guarantee INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES.

CAN YOU NAME ANY OF THE BILLS?

Freedom of speech The right to keep and bear arms Protection from unreasonable search and seizure Trial by jury

credits Prentice Hall Literature, The American Experience, pgs 128-138; Webster Dictionary thechapmans.nl is239.schoolwires.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Richard%27s_Almanack dictionary.reference.com/browse/​aphorism commons.wikimedia.org discoverblackheritage.com http://www.yourdictionary.com/abolitionist luminist.org http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dpamphlets%2B%252B%2Bage%2Bof%2Breason%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dyfp-t-966-1-s%26fr2%3Dtab-web&w=595&h=862&imgurl=2.static.wix.com%2Fmedia%2F21bd91912adbf28a2403ed378bca51db.wix_mp&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wix.com%2Fkuthrayze%2Fbanned-books-by-logan-isaacs%2Fthomas-paine-works&size=138KB&name=the+age+of+reaso...&p=pamphlets+%2B+age+of+reason&oid=f8322a0aa873e64edffaab59facadd4d&fr2=tab-web&no=2&tt=214&sigr=12c8av1k0&sigi=11u8mhiud&sigb=13gti28oq&.crumb=ykjzqBF/tSv