Revolutionary Period

Question 0

t or f at this time the americans had less leisure time than when they first settled.

Answer 0

false

Question 1

T or f America was Less of a wilderness at this time than when they first came to America

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What invention made books more available?

Answer 2

the printing press

Question 3

what kind of literature was most commonly found at this time

Answer 3

practical literature

with some imaginative lit

Question 4

what forms of literature were used in political lit?

Answer 4

essays
speeches
letters

Question 5

what three things did adding more reason do to the colonies

Answer 5

correct social evils
end hysteria
improve overall existence

Question 6

What 4 freedoms did the colonists begin to exercise at this time

Answer 6

speech
experimentation
arbitrary rulers
and began to question laws and institutions

Question 7

what were the major 3 topics in literature at this time and what became much more scarce

Answer 7

major topics:
government and politics
science 
ethics 
more scarce:
religion

Question 8

What did many authors at this time believe they now were

Answer 8

they began to believe that they were americans and not British anymore.

Question 9

what did the writings of this time influence

Answer 9

the experiment of a democracy

Question 10

what was the most important work of lit in the 18th century

Answer 10

The Declaration of independance

Question 11

t or f

the writings against the british leaders came after the war.

Answer 11

false

the lit inspired the revolution

Question 12

what kind of literature was used to inspire the Revolution?

Answer 12

essays
pamphlets
songs

Question 13

what began the hatred of the rulers of England

Answer 13

the taxation which began in 1763

Question 14

what did the cultural revolution bring about

Answer 14

more leisure things like theaters

Question 15

did the british think of the colonists as equals

Answer 15

no they looked down on the colonists

Question 16

which author was a self educated renaissance man who advocated moral perfection and was the colonies chief spokesman

Answer 16

Benjamin Franklin

Question 17

which of the authors is credited with writing the declaration of independence and was the 3rd prez of the USA? and what did he found?

Answer 17

Thomas jefferson and he founded the university of VA

Question 18

which author was a journalist and a news reporter and what 2 major things did he write and what were the key things that they said

Answer 18

Thomas Paine
wrote:
Commonsense/stated that america must fight for their independence
the American Crisis/brings moral to the soldiers saying the more harsh the more glorious

Question 19

who was the first published slave poet and what was his second language and what did he write?

Answer 19

Phillis Wheatley 
2nd language:
English 
Wrote:
to his excellency George Washington

Question 20

who was in France when the war took place and what happened that made him return to France after the war.

Answer 20

Michael William John

Since his wife and kids were killed and his house and fields were burned he decided to return to France.