In 1774, he overcame personal setbacks when he arrived in America, carrying a letter from Benjamin Franklin who declared him to be “an ingenious worthy young man.”

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The Enlightenment was the major cultural infuence on eighteenth century America, and through it, the early colonial worldview dominated by Puritan theology shifted into a world view influenced by science and philosophy.

Thomas Paine sent the manuscript of The Age of Reason to ____________ before publishing it.

Franklin’s achievement is not universally celebrated. His emphasis on the practical has brought him much criticism through the years.

Without a king, the Laws maintain their sway, While honour bids each generous heart obey. Be ours the task the ambitious to restrain, And this great lesson teach—that kings are vain; That warring realms to certain ruin haste, That kings subsist by war, and wars are waste: The above passage is from ______________________ by ____________________________________________ .

Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself; [. . .] even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility.The above passage is from ______________________ by ____________________________________________ .

Many of the most distinguished leaders of the American revolution–Jefferson, Washington, Franklin, Paine–were powerfully influenced by English and–to a lesser extent–French Enlightenment thought.

In The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Equiano

Which of the following best characterizes — or describes — Franklin’s tone in his Speech to the Constitutional Convention?