16. William Bradford?s work ___Mayflower___ consists of two books. The first book deals with the persecutions of the Separatists in Scrooby, England, and the second
book describes the signing of the “Compact”.
17.The History of New England is a priceless gift left us by __John Winthrop_. 18.__Cotton Mather wrote his most impressive work The Magnalia Christi America.
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19. The Puritan philosophy known as __Puritanism__ was important in New England during colonial time, and had a profound influence on the early American mind for
several generations.
20. Many Puritans wrote verse, but the work of two writers, Anne Bradstreet and
__Edward Taylor_ , rose to the level of real poetry. 21.Before his death, __ Edward Taylor had gained a position as America?s first
systematic philosopher.
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22.The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America is a collection of poems composed by
__Anne Bradstreet. 23. ____ Edward Taylor ?s best verse is to be found in a series called “ Preparatory
Meditations”.
24. Literature in the period of American Revolution was predominantly
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25. The more characteristic forms of writing in the period of American Revolution
included _essays_, __pamphlets_, and __political documents_. 26. __Philip Freneau____ was perhaps the best poet of the period of American
Revolution.
27. Benjamin Franklin?s best writing is found in his masterpiece _Autobiography__.
29. Thomas Paine, with his natural gift for pamphleteering and rebellion, was
appropriately born into an age of __revolution__.
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30. On January 10. 1776, Thomas Paine?s famous pamphlet ___Common Sense appeared. 31. A series of sixteen pamphlets by Thomas Paine was entitled _The American Crisis__.
32. Thomas Paine?s second most important work ___The Rights of Man__ was an
impassioned plea against hereditary monarchy.
33. _Philip Freneau__ has been called the “Father of the American Poetry”.
34. In 1791, probably with Thomas Jefferson?s support, Freneau established in
Philadelphia “_the National Gazette_”.
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