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Encounters and Foundations to 1800 Introduction to the Literary Period

Encounters and Foundations to 1800 Introduction to the Literary Period. Feature Menu. Interactive Time Line Milestone: Clash of Cultures Milestone: Iroquois Confederacy Milestone: Puritan Dominance Milestone: Rise of Rationalism and Independence Milestone: Smallpox Plague

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Encounters and Foundations to 1800 Introduction to the Literary Period

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  1. Encounters and Foundations to 1800Introduction to the Literary Period Feature Menu Interactive Time Line Milestone: Clash of Cultures Milestone: Iroquois Confederacy Milestone: Puritan Dominance Milestone: Rise of Rationalism and Independence Milestone: Smallpox Plague Milestone: American Revolution What Have You Learned?

  2. Encounters and Foundations to 1800 Choose a link on the time line to go to a milestone. 1775–1783 American Revolution 1620 Puritan Dominance 1492 Clash of Cultures 1721 Smallpox Plague 1500 1600 1700 1450 1650 1750 1700–1800 Rise of Rationalism and Independence 1500 Iroquois Confederacy

  3. Rise of Rationalism and Independence The Age of Reason • Started in Europe and spread to America • Threatened faith system of Puritans • Believed man could use reason and intellect, rather than religion, to discover scientific and spiritual truth • Best form of worship was to do good for others

  4. Rise of Rationalism and Independence Tinkerers and Experimenters • Prominent American rationalists include: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Thomas Paine • Writings reflected rationalist worldview • Most prominent work was Franklin’s The Autobiography Benjamin Franklin

  5. Smallpox Plague Thought in Action • Plague infected nearly half of Boston’s population • Puritan preacher Cotton Mather started inoculation efforts • Proof that not all Puritan thinking was rigid and narrow • Example of how practical approach to change was necessary in America

  6. American Revolution Forming a New Nation • Signed Declaration of Independence from Britain in 1776 • Many arguments in Declaration based on rationalist beliefs • George Washington, a rationalist, elected first president of United States George Washington “The Star Spangled Banner”

  7. JOHN ADAMS (HBO) VIDEO CLIPS Use with inoculation http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=TWxDLG9_eOU Use with Speech to the Virginia Convention http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=RDzwtl5Z2cA http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=GquxL_llE1o Use with The Declaration of Independence http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=uNOTozVp_i4

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