UNIT 5 FROM THE COLONIAL TO THE FEDERAL: THE CONTEXTS OF THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT Objectives Introduction: The material basis of the American Enlightenment The Enlightenment in America. Slavery and the Enlightenment. The American Woman of the Eighteenth Century Let Us Sum Up Questions Suggested Readings 5.0 OBJECTIVES The aim of this Unit is to take stock of the contexts of American literature produced between the period of the early European colonial settlements in America and the
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Chapter 8: Creating a Republican Culture I. The Capitalist Commonwealth A. Banks‚ Manufacturing‚ and Markets 1. A British visitor reported that America was a “Nation of Merchants‚” in 1798 and they made many from the French Revolution. 2. Fur trader Jon Jacob Astor and merchant Robert Oliver were the nation’s first millionaires. 3. Oliver started from an Irish-owned linen firm in Baltimore but then gained his money from trading West Indian coffee and sugar. 4. Astor came
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Chapter Seven: The Jeffersonian Era I. The Rise of Cultural Nationalism A. Patterns of Education 1. Central to the Republican vision was the concept of a virtuous and enlightened citizenry. 2. Republicans believed in the establishment of a nationwide system of public schools to create the educated electorate they believe a republic required. 3. A Massachusetts law of 1789 reaffirmed the colonial laws by which each town was obligated to support a school‚ but there was little enforcement. 4
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American Literature Test Terms Definitions Colonial New England period is also known as what? Puritan Era When was Jamestown established? 1607 When did the Separatists come to the New World? 1620 When did the Puritans come to America? 1630 When the Puritans came to America‚ where did they land? Massachusetts Bay What are the literary characteristics of the Colonial New England period? Unadorned‚ simple‚ useful‚ natural‚ utalitarian‚ didactic‚ and Biblical What are the Genres
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Italian/Northern Renaissance | | Medici Family | They dominated Florence during the 15th century and were interested in industry‚ trade‚ and banking. The first was Giovanni di Bicci de’Medici (1360-1429)‚ and the most famous was Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449-1492)‚ the great grandson of Giovanni. Medici power fell after Savonarola (1452-1498)‚ a Franciscan friar‚ gained power‚ and therefore‚ Florence was never the same. | Humanism | England: * Started taking hold in early 15th century taught
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October 11th American Confederation- june and july of 1788 that leaders of cities would organize celebrations of ratification of the constitution Benjamin Rush- social classes “forgot its claims” parades in Phil. and New York showed strong support 1788- strong support in urban environments; nations prospects were not promising (all americans 1790 3.9 million lived near Atlantic coast‚ large areas west of App. laid in native american hands‚ british had military outpost near great lakes‚ fears
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Chapter 7 pgs.182-194 The Rise of Cultural Nationalism Patterns of Education • Republican vision included enlightened citizenry‚ wanted nationwide system of free public schools to create educated electorate required by republic • By 1815 no state had a comprehensive public school system‚ schooling primary by private institutions open only to those who could pay o Most were aristocratic in outlook‚ trained students to become elite. Few schools for poor • Idea of “republican mother” to train
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The Friendship between Faith and Reason: The Conversions of John Henry Newman and Gilbert Keith Chesterton Ma. Anne Teresa S. Rivera A study of the history of the Catholic Church naturally includes references to conversions of many men and women who have not only lived to attest to the greatness of Catholicism‚ but have also exercised their right to religious freedom‚ and their natural inclination to searching for religion amidst crises‚ controversies and changes throughout history. Generations
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT ESSAY QUESTIONS RENAISSANCE 1. ’77: To what extent and in what ways may the Renaissance be regarded as a turning point in the Western intellectual and cultural tradition? 2. ’81: Compare the ways in which two works of art reproduced below express the artistic‚ philosophical and cultural values of their times. (Pictures of Michelangelo ’s David and Giacometti ’s Man Pointing 1947). 3. ’82: Compare and contrast the cultural
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rative religin Agnosticism Literally meaning "not know"; a position asserting that the existence of God cannot be proven. Animism From the Latin anima‚ meaning "spirit‚" "soul‚" "life force"; a worldview common among oral religions (religions with no written scriptures) that sees all elements of nature as being filled with spirit or spirits. Atheism Literally meaning "not God"; a position asserting that there is no God or gods. Deconstruction A technique‚ pioneered by Jacques Derrida‚
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