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BBL 3230 AMERICAL LITERATURE WEEK 5 • Architects of Culture: The New Republic (1790-1820) • - The Age of Reason • - The American Revolution • This period of the American literature took place in the most important part of the history of the U.S.A because in that period was their independence. • All the works were inspired by political things; puritan’s belief had been forgotten. The 18th-century American enlightenment as a movement marked by an emphasis on: • Rationality rather than tradition • Scientific inquiry instead of unquestioning religious doctrine • Representative government in place of monarchy. • • • • • Important writers: Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, James Madison, and any other of the socalled “Founding Fathers.” Thomas Paine “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” Thomas Paine was a renowned proAmerica writer and author of some of the most persuasive texts of the American Revolution He used “plain -style” language in an attempt to engage people of all classes in the struggle for American independence and for a rejection of government based on hereditary monarchy His bold and simple argument rallied a scattered citizenry to the cause of freedom and exerted considerable influence on the new nation’s emerging political philosophy Paine wrote the first of the American Crisis letter pamphlets after witnessing the loss of New York and joining the retreat to Newark…a text that George Washington ordered read to all the troops. Pamphlets helped to bolster the sagging spirits of the ill-fitted troops and firm the resolve of an occasionally diffident population Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) “A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. “ Aphorism: A Penny Saved is a Penny earned Franklin wrote the first section of The Autobiography in 1771 at the age of 65. At the urging of friends, he wrote three more sections—the last shortly before his death. Though never completed, his Autobiography, filled with his opinions and suggestions, provides not only a record of his achievements but also an understanding of his character. Considered to be the “father of his country”