PPT-American Revolution & Literary Rationalism

1750 1800 Period Overview The age is balanced The slate is clean God is removed from the scene Polemical works abound Alternate Names for this Time Period The Age of Reason The Neoclassical Period. Written by Thomas Jefferson, it outlines the reasons why the U.S. is separating from Great Britain. AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. p. 215-6. English III. CHS. C. Edge. I. Characteristics of American Romanticism. Affirmation of feeling and intuition over reason. Faith in imagination, inner experience, and youthful innocence, rather than educated sophistication. During the American Revolution, the overmatched colonists found a leader in George Washington and badly-needed French assistance after the Battle of Saratoga. When the war ended, the Treaty of Paris in 1783 brought independence and the formation of the United States. . Rationalism. Rationalism. – . the belief that human beings can arrive at truth by using . reason. , rather than by relying on the authority of the past, on religious faith, or intuition.. REASON! . This PowerPoint will help you review the five major periods of American literature that we have studied:. -- Puritanism (and the Colonial Period). -- Rationalism (and the Age of Reason). -- Romanticism. Like the Rebel Alliance in . Star Wars. , the rebels of the American Revolution were a small disorganized group fighting against a giant empire with vastly superior numbers and firepower.. Yet the rebels won anyway, due to massive foreign support, clever strategies, noble leaders, high ideals, propaganda, and a fair amount of foul play. We don't think the Force was involved, although Benjamin Franklin had a bit of a Yoda vibe going.. 1607-1800. “For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world. We shall open the mouths of enemies to speak evil of the ways of God, and all professors for God's sake. We shall shame the faces of many of God's worthy servants, and cause their prayers to be turned into curses upon us till we be consumed out of the good land whither we are going. Build up, overview, results. I can . analyze the declaration of Independence in order to evaluate which Enlightenment Ideas are present in the document.. What is a Contagion? . a : rapid communication of an influence (as a doctrine or emotional state). the Age of Reason . (1750-1800). The literary implications of the American Revolution. . Military victory and . p. olitical independence from Britain spanned nationalistic hopes for a great . national. UNIT 2: A GROWING NATION. Essential Question: . How . do writers convey the essence of freedom?  How has the concept of freedom evolved over time? . WHAT NOW?. -. Puritan New England lasted from about 1630-1720. There were three things that needed to happen for that society to exist:. Causes of the American Revolution. Mercantilism. - the economic system in which all trade is controlled by the mother country. . The colonies main job is to make money for England.. Causes of the American Revolution. 1. Who was the tyrant referenced in the . . Declaration of Independence? . a. Queen Elizabeth. b. King George . c. Benjamin Franklin. d. Thomas Paine. 2. What is the best definition of. Road to American Revolution 1750-1775 Warm-up for 12/10 and 12/11 Write down your homework and the following question: What can we expect to learn in this Unit based on the following video clip? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OI7itQJpfE Unit 3- American Revolution Covers the Road to Revolution, the Revolution, and effects Monday, 10/12 Warm-up (new sheet page 1 your paper): Take Pre-test on the American Revolution (on paper) Write down your homework: