吉祥1111The 18th-century American Enlightenment was amovement marked by anemphasis onrationalityVrather than tradition, scientific inquiry instead ofunquestioning religious dogma, andrepresentative government in place of monarchy.Enlightenment thinkers and writers were devotedto the ideals of justice, liberty, and equality as thenatural rights of man.The colonists who would form a new nation werefirm believers in the power of reason; they wereambitious, inquisitive, optimistic, practical,politically astute,and self-reliant.11E-1111111111-111
▪ The 18th-century American Enlightenment was a movement marked by an emphasis on rationality rather than tradition, scientific inquiry instead of unquestioning religious dogma, and representative government in place of monarchy. ▪ Enlightenment thinkers and writers were devoted to the ideals of justice, liberty, and equality as the natural rights of man. ▪ The colonists who would form a new nation were firm believers in the power of reason; they were ambitious, inquisitive, optimistic, practical, politically astute, and self-reliant
Leading writers and their works6Thomas Jefferson(1743-1826The Declaration of Independence (1776)Thomas Paine(1737-1809): 潘恩Common Sense (1776)111Beniamin Franklin11Autobiography11福Philip Freneau中“"The Wild Honey Suckle'福福11-1111111111111-1
Leading writers and their works ▪ Thomas Jefferson(1743-1826): The Declaration of Independence (1776) ▪ Thomas Paine(1737-1809): 潘恩 Common Sense (1776) ▪ Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography ▪ Philip Freneau:弗 “The Wild Honey Suckle
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1. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
11Franklin's Contributions to Society11He helped found the Pennsylvania Hospital11十He founded an academy which led to the University of11Pennsylvania.丰And he helped found the American Philosophical Society.1E1111Frarklin's Contribu111111111111111/1111钻111i11111稻Franklin's Contributions to theU.S.1一一Hewasthe onlyAmerican tosignthefourdocumentsthat created福the United States:111-1TheDeclarationofIndependence,福111TheTreatyofAlliancewithFrance,1111IThe Treaty of Peacewith England111111IThe Qonstitution11111111
Franklin’s Contributions to the U.S. He was the only American to sign the four documents that created the United States: The Declaration of Independence, The Treaty of Alliance with France, The Treaty of Peace with England, The Constitution Franklin’s Contributions to Society He helped found the Pennsylvania Hospital. He founded an academy which led to the University of Pennsylvania. And he helped found the American Philosophical Society. Franklin’s Contributions to Science
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2. Philip Freneau (1752-1832) ➢ “Poet of the American Revolution” ➢ “Father of American Poetry” ➢ “Pioneer of the New Romanticism” ➢ “A gifted and versatile lyric poet