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Revolutionary Period/Terms -Bucher

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The Revolutionary Period is also referred to as...
The Age of Reason
The American Revolution began on...
April 19, 1775
Colonist's mental preparedness and moral strength came from...
The bible
John Locke's theory of natural rights
What led to the revolution?
Stamp act
Quartering act
Townshend acts
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Colonists protested the tax on tea and petitioned...
"no taxation without representation"
As a result of the colonists protests Britain replied with...
The Intolerable Acts
Literature of this time was very...
political
Americans were influenced by a European Movement called...
The Enlightenment
Rationalists
believed people could discover truths by reason alone
To build a perfect society believers shed the light of reason on...
ignorance, superstition, social injustice, political tyranny
"The Right to Be Free" mainly discusses
the conflict between England and the American colonies about unlawful taxation (etc.)
Oratory
the art of public speaking
Rhetoric
the art or skill of speaking or writing effectively
Rhetorical Questions
a question that the speaker does not really intend as a question, means to answer himself
Parallelism
the repetition of phrases or sentences so that the repeated parts are alike in structure or meaning
Loaded word
a word that arouses strong feelings and emotions
Personification
giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
Aphoristic style
applying to prose devices ordinarily used in poetry
Literary letter
a letter that is deliberately written to be read by a wide audience
Autobiography
an account of a person's life written by that person
Aphorism
a short pointed statement expressing a clever observation about life
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