revolutionary period 1730-1800 1730-1800. the age of reason humans could manage themselves and their...
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Revolutionary Period
1730-1800
1730-1800
The Age of Reason
• Humans could manage themselves and their societies without depending on authorities and…
• Past traditions• The bible• King or queens• God
• Reason over imagination• Social over personal• Common over individual• In literature: Clarity, order, balance• Classicism resisted change and relied on
tradition.• EMPHASIS on HUMAN LIMITATIONS
Characteristics of society with Classicism
The War of Words
• Began in 1763• Colonists began writing pamphlets, speeches,
songs and poems all geared towards making people aware of what was happening.
Stamp Tax
• England withdrew the Stamp Tax of 1765 because of American demonstration.
• Soon after, England imposed the Townshend Act in an effort not to appear weak.
The Boston Massacre
• Occurred on March 4, 1770• 5 people were killed
The Boston Tea Party
• Occurred in 1773 • Many disliked the tax on tea• 342 Crates of tea ended up in the Boston
Harbor
Thomas Jefferson
• Young Virginian lawyer• Asked to draft a document declaring the
colonies were “free and independent states”
Results of the American Revolution
• Cities continued to grow• Washington elected president in 1789• Richer cultural life• 1st American novel is called “The Power of
Sympathy”
The power of persuasion
• A type of discourse that uses reason and emotional appeal to convince another person to think or act in a certain way
• Persuasive speeches use Allusions, Rhetorical Questions, Parallelism, Powerful Images, and a Quotable Quote
Louisiana Purchase
• The acquisition of more than 800,000 acres that would ultimately form 13 states
• The person responsible for the “purchase” was Thomas Jefferson