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- The Founding Fathers were practical, philosophers. Prose and poetry had a political or "practical" purpose:
- Benjamin Franklin
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) - the chief author of the Declaration of Independence
- July 4, 1776 - one of the most important days In American history Declaration of Independence
- Explaining the reasons for separation
- Madę undecided colonists change their mind and support the Revolution
- It contained not only the changes against the British King George III
- It was a statement of morał principles
The concepts stressed were:
- Liberty
- Equality of all people
- Humań rights and government
- Protecting these natural rights
- Written in simple language and style
- The phrase "created equal" was difficult to interpret
- Black Americans and Native Americans had to walt long for freedom and equal rights
Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
- "Common Sense” - the most important pamphlet in American history; elear thinking, exciting language - united American feeling against England. Sold in 100.000 copies.
- "The cause of America Is in a great measure the cause ofall mankind" -pamphlet.
- Pamphlet - a short book of a few pages; over 2000 pamphlets were published during the Revolution.
Philip Freneu (1752 - 1832)
- "The British Prison Ship" - a bitter condemnation of the cruelties of the British.
- “A political litany" - prayed for his country's deliverance from British dependence.
- He also celebrated American subjects: "The Virtue of Tobacco", "The Jug of Rum", "The WildHoney Suckle" (native plant).
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