Genre and Style
Main source of political advertisement to sway readers
political pamphlets and speeches
Prioritized post-Articles of Confederation
Unity among states
Most significant historical event of the era
The Revolutionary War
Most popular political pamphlet
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Most prominent genre of music during this era
Baroque/classical
Nonfiction literature centered around narrator's interactions with foreign places
Travel writing
Common trait of all writers of the era
Focused on the socio-political climate of the US and its betterment
Main values emphasized by the Enlightenment
Papers written to convince New York to ratify the New US Constitution
Federalist Papers
Art inspired by ancient civilizations
Neoclassism
Spread by political pamphlets and speeches
Knowledge of current affairs
Reduced the prevalence of divinity in government
Ideas of the Social Contract and Separation of Power
Main European philosophical influence
Montesquieu and John Locke
The type of literature Phillis Wheatley wrote
Poetry
Heroism, war, tradition, and regality are all...
Neoclassical themes
Types of persuasive writing
Main focus of Jefferson's writings
Government/political reform
Influenced by literature in the Age of Reason
Democracy
The year Common Sense was published
1775
How neoclassicism was expressed in the US (ie., paintings, sculptures, political cartoons, etc.)
Architecture and paintings