Revolutionary Period

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Revolutionary Period

• 1750-1800

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• Also called the Age of Reason, Age of Classicism,
  The Enlightenment
• Thoughts focused on clear common sense
• Kinds on literature included public writings,
  political pamphlets, speeches, ballads, almanacs,
  newspapers, and magazines.

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Writers and Beliefs

• Writers include Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry,
  and Thomas Paine
• Rationalism the belief that human beings can
  arrive at truth by using reason, rather than
  relying on the authority of the past, on
  religious faith, or on intuition