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Why is it called the age of Reason?
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Because people believed that by using reason, they could manage themselves. Reason, thrived on freedom. By using reason, they thought that humans could progress
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What are two examples of authors in the Age of Reason?
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Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson
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They wrote about ...
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The state of life on earth
Science Ethics Government |
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What did they write about in the American Revolution?
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Being unified as Americans
Argued about tax raises |
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How did American Culture grow?
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Arts flourished
Cities grew/populations doubled New additions: 1. theaters 2. actors, dancers 3. museums 4. epic poems 5. great paints |
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Who said "give me liberty, or give me death!"
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Patrick henry in the Speech to the Virginia Convention (ends speech)
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What is the pattern of PH speech
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Considers what brittish will do based on past behaviors
Gives reasons for what VA should do |
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What is his thesis and why?
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Thesis: we must fight
the country is at its strongest God is on our side War is unevitable |
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Who said "These are the times that try men's souls"
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Thomas Paine in "The crisis" (a pamphlet)
it opens his speech |
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What does Thomas Paine say are the appeals for going to war in "The Crisis"
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1. The struggle is difficult
2. God is on our side 3. Your children deserve to grow up in a free country 4. This struggle is comprable to someone invading your house and assalting you |
