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Section 4 Flashcards

1
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Who wrote Letters fron an American Farmer?

A

Crevecoeur

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2
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What is considered one of the earliest examples of American Exceptionalism in literature (guide)?

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Letters from an American Farmer

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3
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What is the name of the farmer in Letters from an American Farmer?

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James

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4
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Who are the Letters from an American Farmer written to?

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British nobleman

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5
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What three places does James travel to in Letters?

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Massachusetts, South Carolina, Pennsylvania

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6
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When did Crevecoeur first travel to North America?

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1755

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7
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What originally brought Crevecoeur to North America?

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He was a cartographer for the French Army

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8
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Where did Crevecoeur first live in the America?

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New York

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9
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When did Creveceour become a naturalized citizen?

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1765

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10
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What was Crevecoeur’s occupation in the US (after settled)?

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farmer

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11
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When did Crevecoeur begin writing his letters?

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Early 1770s

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12
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Why was Crevecoeur unable to return to France in 1778?

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the British accused him of being a spy

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13
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When did Crevecoeur finally leave America?

A

1780

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14
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When did Crevecoeur publish his letters?

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1782

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15
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When and where was a longer version of Crevecoeur’s letters published?

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France, 1786

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16
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Where was Crevecoeur’s book least popular?

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America

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17
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What three significant changes had occurred between the time that Creveceour left America and came back?

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wife died, farm burned down, children resettled in Boston

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18
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What Letter from Creveceour is considered most famous?

A

III

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19
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What does Crevecoeur describe as the primary occupation of Americans?

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farming

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20
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What does Crevecoeur claim is an economic result of most of America being farmers?

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less class stratification

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21
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What does Crevecoeur say unites American colonists?

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“silken bands of mild government”

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22
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Is Crevecoeur in favor of independence?

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no

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23
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What does Crevecoeur call his idea of a “coherent and unified American identity?”

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American Race

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24
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Where do some historians believe that the “melting pot” idea has its roots?

A

Letters from an American Farmer

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25
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What type of terrain does James discover in Massachusetts?

A

rocky

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26
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What city does James describe in his ninth letter?

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Charlestown

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27
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What does Crevecoeur say. makes the soil fertile in south carolina?

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The sweat and tears of enslaved workers

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28
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What city does Crevecoeur compare Charlestown to?

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Lima

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29
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What three things was Spain associated with in English writing?

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greed, cruelty, and improvidence

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30
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What does James do for the hanging man?

A

gives him water and leaves him

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31
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What does the hanging man ask for?

A

poison

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32
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What nation was Canassatego

A

Onodaga

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33
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Where was the original homeland of the Onodaga Nation?

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upstate New York

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34
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What was another name for the Iroquois?

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Haudenosaunee League

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35
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How many nations were originally a part of the Iroquois Confederacy?

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Five

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36
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What was Canassatego’s role for the Haudenosaunee?

A

diplomate

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37
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Who did Canassatego negotiate with?

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British

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38
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What was Canassatego primarily responsible for negotiating over?

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Pennsylvania

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39
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Who originially owned the land that Canassatego was negotiating over?

A

Lenape (Delaware) tribe

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40
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How were the Lenape defrauded out of land?

A

officials used an unsigned deed to claim the land had been sold

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41
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Who was hurt in the Walking purchase of 1737?

A

Lenape tribe

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42
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Who was involved in the Lancaster Treaty in 1744?

A

Haudenosaunee

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43
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What land was sold as a part of the Lancaster Treaty?

A

parts of Virginia

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44
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What mismatch occurred because of the Lancaster Treaty?

A

Virginia thought they had been sold the land to the Ohio River, the Haudenosaunee thought they had sold the land only to the Shenandoah Valley

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45
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Who did Viriginia argue spoke for the Haudenosaunee in ceding land?

A

the Susquehanna (Virginia had an earlier treaty with them)

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46
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What two things does Canassatego say are dwindling in number because of white settlers?

A

land and deer

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47
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What does “Pen and Ink Work” refer to in Canassatego’s speech?

A

Lancaster Treaty

48
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Where does Canassatego say his ancestors came from?

A

the ground

49
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What four things does Canassatego say the Dutch brought with them to trade?

A

Awls, Knives, Hatchets, Guns

50
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Who printed Canassatego’s speech early in his printing career?

A

Benjamin Franklin

51
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What was Benjamin Franklin’s 1784 essay called?

A

Remarks Concerning the Savages of North-America

52
Q

What league could have been political inspiration for the colonists?

A

Haudenosaunee

53
Q

Who from the guide has an unknown name and birthyear?

A

James Logan

54
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What group was James Logan a leader of?

A

Seneca-Cayuga

55
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What event does Logan describe in his speech?

A

Yellow River Massacre

56
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Where did the Yellow River Massacre take place?

A

Ohio River in West Virginia

57
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what relation of Logan was killed in the Yellow River massacre?

A

pregnant sister

58
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Who was Logan summoned to negotiate with?

A

Lord Dunmore

59
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What was the name of the husband of Logan’s sister?

A

John GIbson

60
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What did John Gibson do for Logan?

A

translate

61
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When did Logan’s speech first appear in print?

A

1775

62
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In what newspaper did Logan’s speech first appear?

A

Pennsylvania Journal

63
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Where did Jefferson publish Logan’s speech?

A

Notes on the State of Virginia

64
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Why does Jefferson use Logan’s speech?

A

He says it shows oratorical and rhetorical artistry

65
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What two Greek orators does Jefferson compare Logan to?

A

Demosthenes and Cicero

66
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Who does Jefferson claim that American Indians are equal to in their capacity for civilization?

A

Greeks

67
Q

What claim from Logan’s speech does Logan use against him?

A

They are disappearing

68
Q

Who was the first African-American woman to publish a book of poetry?

A

Phillis Wheatley

69
Q

Where was Wheatley born (2)?

A

West Africa or Senegal

70
Q

Who purchased Phillis Wheatley?

A

John Wheatley

71
Q

Who was John Wheatley’s wife?

A

Susanna

72
Q

What was Wheatley’s first poem?

A

Elegy for George Whitefield

73
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When did Wheatley travel to London?

A

1773

74
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Who did Wheatley travel to London with?

A

John Wheatley’s son

75
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What was Wheatley’s first book called?

A

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

76
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When was Wheatley’s first book published?

A

1773

77
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What two poems from the guide did Wheatley write?

A

“On Being Brought from Africa to America” and “To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth”

78
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Who was on the cover of Wheatley’s first book?

A

Wheatley

79
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Who made the etching on Wheatley’s book?

A

Scipio Moorhead

80
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When was Wheatley emancipated?

A

1774

81
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When did Wheatley write a poem for Washington?

A

1775

82
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In what magazine was Wheatley’s poem about Washington written?

A

Pennsylvania Magazine

83
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Why was the second volume of Wheatley’s work never published?

A

she never received the funds

84
Q

Who did Wheatley marry in 1778?

A

John Peters

85
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How many children did Wheatley have?

A

3

86
Q

How did Wheatley die?

A

giving birth

87
Q

Where was Wheatley buried?

A

Boston

88
Q

Why was Wheatley celebrated as a black writer?

A

intellectual and artistic capacity

89
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Why was Wheatley’s poetry first promoted?

A

It advocated for Christianity

90
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Why did Wheatley’s poetry remain unstudied for so long?

A

she does not make an explicit argument against slavery

91
Q

What biblical figure does Wheatley reference in “On Being Brought”?

A

Cain

92
Q

Who did Wheatley write To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth for?

A

William Legge

93
Q

What role did William legge serve in?

A

Secretary of State

94
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What does Wheatley’s poem praise Legge for?

A

accommodating American demands

95
Q

What is the American Paradox that Wheatley references?

A

contradiction between political rhetoric of the revolution and the use of slavery

96
Q

Who was called the “poet of the revolution”?

A

Philip Freneau

97
Q

Where was Freneau born?

A

New York City

98
Q

Where did Freneau attend college?

A

College of New Jersey (Princeton)

99
Q

Who did Freneau attend college with?

A

James Madison

100
Q

Where did Freneau go at the beginning of the revolution?

A

West Indies

101
Q

What group did Freneau join on his return to North America in 1778?

A

New Jersey militia

102
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What poem did Freneau write about his experience in the New Jersey militia?

A

The British Prison Ship

103
Q

When was Freneau’s complete poetry published?

A

1786

104
Q

When was Freneau’s complete prose published?

A

1788

105
Q

What newspaper was Freneau the editor of?

A

National Gazette

106
Q

Who established the National Gazette?

A

Jefferson

107
Q

Between what years was the National Gazette published?

A

1791-1793

108
Q

For what purpose was the National Gazette established?

A

to criticize the Federalist Party

109
Q

Who was especially targeted by the National Gazette?

A

Alexander Hamilton

110
Q

Besides his political poetry, what topic did Freneau focus on?

A

natural world

111
Q

When was “On the Emigration to America and Peopling the Western Country written?

A

1785

112
Q

When was The Indian Burying Ground written?

A

1788

113
Q

What rhythm did Wheatley’s poetry have?

A

iambic pentameter

114
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What two poetic modes does Wheatley use?

A

ode and elegy

115
Q

What rhythm does Freneau use?

A

iambic tetrameter

116
Q

What poetic rhythm was most popular in the eighteenth century?

A

iambic pentameter

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