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The subject matter of Phillis Wheatley’s poetry dealt mostly with religions and life in New England. In terms of structure, her poems were almost always written in _________________. 

Thomas Paine argues in “Common Sense” that American trade, though profitable at present, could potentially be ruined because of the colonies’ connection with Britain. 

The Declaration of Independence is a colonial document which announces the _______________ of the colonies and the British Crown.

Thomas Jefferson’s “Letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush” contains Jefferson’s appraisal of the teachings of which major religious/philosophical figure:

During the Enlightenment, rationalism applied to theology produced __________. 

In “The Age of Reason” Thomas Paine says ______ and ______ are the only parts of the Bible that giver readers any true idea of God.

The Declaration of Independence is largely a compilation of the wrongs committed by King Henry VIII against the thirteen colonies.

Who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?

Give the appropriate author’s name and title of the work that the following passage comes from: “The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and userpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these states.”

Give the appropriate author’s name and title of the work that the following passage comes from: “6. INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.”