1. LITERARY TERMS
American Revolution

2. LITERARY TERMS
The war between the American colonies and Great Britain ( )

3. 18th century – “Enlightenment” or the Age of Reason

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

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

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

7. Age of reason
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine

8. Thomas Jefferson
3rd President
Established the public school system

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

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

11. LITERARY TERMS
Document that announced the separation of the 13 US colonies from Britain ( )

12. 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.

13.
Jefferson was not thrilled with the assignment. He had limited time for writing over the next seventeen days, and wrote the draft quickly.

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

17. 2nd Vice President , under President John Adams;
3rd President, from

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

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

20. 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.

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

22. LITERARY TERMS
Bill of Rights

23. LITERARY TERMS
The first 10 amendments that guarantee INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES.

24. CAN YOU NAME ANY OF THE BILLS?

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

26. credits
Prentice Hall Literature, The American Experience, pgs ;
Webster Dictionary
thechapmans.nl
is239.schoolwires.com
dictionary.reference.com/browse/​aphorism
commons.wikimedia.org
discoverblackheritage.com
luminist.org