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Benjamin Franklin addresses the first section of his Autobiography to which of his family members?

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son

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Benjamin Franklin was the 2nd president of the United States.

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False

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Benjamin Franklin's inventions include bifocal glasses, the Franklin stove, the creation of home postal delivery, volunteer fire departments, and city street cleaning departments.

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True

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The city with which Benjamin Franklin is most closely associated is ______.

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Philadelphia

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Which of the following was NOT a profession or position held by Benjamin Franklin?

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sailor

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One of Benjamin Franklin's most successful publications was Poor Richard's Almanac.

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True

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The son to whom Benjamin Franklin addresses part one of his Autobiography was serving as the governor of New Jersey at the time Franklin wrote the section.

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True

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Benjamin Franklin was a member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence.

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True

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John Adams' wife was named ____.

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Abigail Adams

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The record of the Adams' personal and private lives from their courtship until John's wife's death are preserved in what type of document?

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letters

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John Adams was the first vice president and the second president of the United States.

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True

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John Woolman was a ____.

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Quaker

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John Woolman wrote his \"Journal\" to ____.

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to leave a record of God's love and acts in his life

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Common Sense was written for what purpose?

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to encourage immediate independence from England

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The Crisis was a collection of sixteen pamphlets written by Thomas Paine.

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True

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The Crisis was written for what purpose?

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to bolster the morale of the revolutionary soldiers and their families

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Thomas Paine's Common Sense was the colonies' first best selling publication, selling more than 150,000 copies.

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False

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Although Paine fought for the American cause through his publications, he refused to enlist and fight as a member of the colonial army.

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False

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From which essay is the following quotation taken? \"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.\"

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\"The Crisis, No. 1\"

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Which of the following men were the group of five selected to write the draft of the Declaration of Independence?

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Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston

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In which city was the Declaration of Independence written?

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Philadelphia

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What English monarch was held responsible by Paine and Jefferson, in their writings, for the colonies' decision to seek independence from England?

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George III

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During his lifetime Thomas Jefferson served as minister to France, secretary of state, US president, congressman, and governor of Virginia.

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True

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Which of the following men died hours apart on July 4, 1826?

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John Adams, Thomas Jefferson

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In the original Declaration of Independence, one of the reasons for seeking Independence from Great Britain was opposition to the institution of slavery.

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True

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The writers of the Federalist papers were opposed to the adoption of the new Constitution and argued in their papers for the continuation of the original Articles of Confederation.

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False

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In the Federalist papers, the authors examine the arguments for and against the issues of states' rights and a strong central government.

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True

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Of the authors who wrote the Federalist papers, the majority were written by ____.

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Alexander Hamilton

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Equiano obtained his freedom by stowing away on a ship bound for London.

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False

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Equiano wrotes of being taken from his African willage when he was eleven years old and being sold into slavery in the new world.

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True

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Equiano died a poor slave in VIrginia, his life unknown u til the publication of his Autobiography 20 years later.

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False

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The Federalist papers is a collection of 185 essays.

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False

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Alexander Hamilton, one of the authors of the Federalist papers, had served as a secretary and aide to General George Washington and went on to become the 4th president of the US.

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False

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The Federalist papers were written and published before the publication of the Constitution of the US

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False

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In his Autobiography, Equiano records his remarkable life and observations from his travels around the world.

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True

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Olaudah Equiano's slave name was Gustavus Vassa.

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True

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The essays that complete the Federalist papers were published first as a book and soon thereafter republished in serial form in newspapers throughout the 13 colonies.

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False

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The Federalist papers were written primarily to win support for the Constitution from the legislators and citizens of which state?

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New York

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After gaining freedom, Equiano spent the remainder of his life as a tailor and minister in Providence, Rhode Island.

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False

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Which of the authors listed below used the pseudonym \"Publius\" when writing the essays known as The Federalist Papers?

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Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay

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Which author is considered a transitional poet for displaying characteristics of both the Neoclassical/Enlightenment Period and the Romantic Period?

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Freneau

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Which author writes of being thankful for having been a slave, for by being brought to America, the poet was introduced to Christianity?

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Wheatley

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In which poem do the ghosts of Indian Warriors and the ghosts of deer continue their hunt throughout eternity?

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\"The Indian Burying Ground\"

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Which of the works listed below were written by Philip Freneau?

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\"The Wild Honey Suckle\" \"The Indian Burying Ground\"

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Which of the works listed below were written by Phillis Wheatley?

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\"To His Excellency General Washington\" \"On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield\"

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Freneau's earliest poems were patriotic poems supporting the American revolutionary cause.

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True

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Freneau was seized by the British and held prisoner on a prison ship, the Scorpion , anchored in New York harbor.

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True

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Among Freneau's many popular poems are written in opposition to slavery and others supporting Thomas Paine's \"The Rights of Man.

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True

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Phillip Freneau is another example of an American success story, a man born in poverty who through his hard work and writing abilities went from rags to riches, dying the most popular and wealthiest of the early republic's writers.

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False

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From which poem is the following quotation taken? \"By midnight moons, o'er moistening dews, In habit for the chase arrayed, The hunter still the deer pursues, The hunter and the deer, a shade!\"

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\"The Indian Burying Ground\"

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From which poem is the following quotation taken? \"Improve your privileges while they stay, Ye pupils, and each hour redeem, that bears Or good or bad report of you to Heaven. Let sin, that baneful evil to the soul, By you be shunned, nor once remit your guard; Suppress the deadly serpent in its egg.\"

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\"To the University of Cambridge, in New England\"

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Although deeply interested in political issues and scientific experiments, Franklin's writings reveal his lack of concern for the men and women who resided in the colonies.

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False

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Benjamin Franklin only began his career as a writer after retired from his printing business.

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False

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Many of the writers of the Enlightenment, including Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, identified themselves as Mormons.

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Fa;se

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Phillip Freneau's poetry is unique to the Enlightenment Period because his emphasis is on nature and love, with no poetry concerned with current issues and events.

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False

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During the Enlightenment, the conditions of Native Americans improved as writers such as Franklin, Jefferson, and Freneau argued that the European settlers could learn much from the land's native inhabitants.

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False

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