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2. contents
1. Keyword 2. Background 3. Author

3. Keyword Enlightenment Puritan American revolution

4. Background
1. A colonial policy is exposed problem of the british government
2. 18c, American colonies demanded autonomy
3. Boston tea party
4. American revolution
5. The Birth of a Nation

6. Benjamin Franklin(1706-1790) Typical Enlightenment thinker.
Reject a puritan, but his works is “Plain Style”.
Pursue a practical Purpose.

7. Main Works Dogood Papers(1722) Poor Richard’s Almanac (1732-1757)
The way to wealth(1757)
Wonders of Nature in America
Autobiography

8. His “Sayings” Well done is better than well said
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals
Necessity never made a good bargain
A penny saved is a penny earned
Energy and persistence conquer all things
God heals, and the doctor takes the fees
Read much, but not many books
He who multiplies riches multiplies cares

9. Thomas Paine. (1737~1809) Great pamphlet- writer.
Common Sense (1776~1783) : the most historically important pamphlet in American history.
The crisis (1776~1783): a series of thirteen pamphlets.
The Rights of Man (1791~1792): a famous defense of the France Revolution.

10. Tomas Jafferson. (1743~1826)
The chief author of the Declaration of Indepen- dence
Influenced by the ideas of Enlightenment.
Notes on the State of Virginia.(1784~1785):at tacked the slavery system.

11. The Declaration of Independence.
* feature
Surprisingly free form emotional appeals.
A clear and logical statement of why America wanted its independence.
Built upon the ideas of such philosophers as John Locke.
Revised eight-six times before it was finally signed July 4,

12. Philip Freneau. (1752~1832)
The best poet of his time and political journalist.
Pictures of Columbus. (1771) : mixed gloomy des-criptions of nature with sharp attacks on British tyranny.
British Prison Ship(1781): When he was captured by British, his experience.

13. John Trumbull (1750~1831) The best writer of Connec- ticut Wits.
The Progress of Dulness(1773) A criticism of American education
M’Fingal (1776)
- Made Trumbull famous during the Revolution

14. Timothy Dwight (1752~1817) The neoclassical style of Alexander Pope.
The Trumph of Infidelity (1788)
-Describes Satan’s efforts throu- ghout history to conquer God’s creatures
Greenfield Hill (1794)
-Tries to persuade the reader that the New World is far better than the Old

15. Joel Barlow (1754~1812)
The third famous Wit, was different from the rest.
Vision of Columbus (1787)
-A long patriotic poem
Followed Napoleon during his attack on Russia and died of pneumonia during the retreat from Moscow

16. Royall Tyler (1757~1826) The Contrast (1787)
-The first comedy by an American author
-Introduces an entirely new character type : the Yankee

17. J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur (1735~1813)
Against the Revolution
Letters from an American Farmer (1782)
-Contain one of the earliest explanations of the American personality

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