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Age of Reason First movement to spread beyond New England 1763-1800

Age of Reason First movement to spread beyond New England 1763-1800

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Age of Reason

First movement to spread beyond New England

1763-1800

Key Concepts

Progress

Order

Reason

Age of Reason’s response to Puritanism

Puritanism Age of Reason

Faith Reason

Authority Skepticism

Theology Science

Predestined humanity Self-made humanity

Literature Prose, poetry, drama, political documents, and speeches

“Give me liberty or give me death!”

- Patrick Henry“All national institutions of churches appear to

me no other than human inventions.”

- Thomas Paine

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a perfect Union…”

- preamble to U.S. Constitution

Style of Writing

Intellectual

Pragmatic

Purposeful

Instructive

Thomas Paine

Thomas Jefferson

BenjaminFranklin

Age of Reason in Junior Expos

Summary

What is the biggest difference between Puritan and Age of Reason thinking or beliefs?

What is the most or least important virtues on Franklin’s list?

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