Week 6: The Colonies, the Revolution, and the New Nation:
The Literature of Reason and Revolution
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Week 6 examines the writings of key Revolutionary War authors whose works helped shape not only the emerging nation but reflect the new humanistic values on which the government and country would be founded. 
 
Readings 
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Benjamin Franklin 
"The Autobiography" 
"Letter to Ezra Stiles" 
"Letter to Thomas Paine" 
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Thomas Jefferson 
"The Declaration of Independence" 
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Thomas Paine 
"Age of Reason" 
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Study Guide for Week 6 

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Writing Assignment 
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Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, public servant, publisher, and statesman, Benjamin Franklin was the only colonial American to sign all diplomatic documents founding the United States of America.
 
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