English Unit 2: Becoming a Nation
Write a 150-word essay in which you explain what you believe Benjamin Franklin thinks is the road to wealth based on his writing. Use evidence from the poem to support your response.
In "The Way to Wealth," Benjamin Franklin states that the road to wealth is saving money for the future. He talks of making money and saving for the future and using things like cash payments instead of credits.
The original audience for Patrick Henry's speech was _____.
Virginia politicians
Read the following passage and answer the question. ... we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. Rewrite the above passage in one sentence (100 words or less) using modern-day language.
We all bound ourselves together and promise our lives, our luck and our privilege.
Read the following passage and answer the question. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes . . . In the passage above, which word provides a context clue to the meaning of transient?
light
Read this line from Philip Freneau's the "Indian Burying Ground" and answer the question. His imaged birds, and painted bowl, The purpose of the description in this line is to _____.
use figurative language to depict Native American arts
"What is an American"
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Analyzing Patrick Henry
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Comparison of The Declaration of Independence to The Declaration of Sentiments
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FOUNDING DOCUMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
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PERSUASIVENESS IN WRITING
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Persuasion and Thomas Paine's The American Crisis
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Philip Freneau's American Poetry
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The Declaration Of Sentiments
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Understanding Thomas Jefferson and The Declaration Of Independence
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Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
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Crevecoeur denounces backwoods settlers for their "degeneracy" because he judges them to lack what essential quality that he admires in more settled colonists?
industriousness
A conclusion based on evidence is an example of _____.
inference
Jefferson declares that the right of religious freedom is "the natural right of mankind" and so should never be _____.
infringed upon
The characteristic speech or writing which is used to transmit meaning, feeling, or intent is called _____.
language
Read the following passage and answer the question. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. In Section 4 of the Declaration, Jefferson speaks about citizens loyal to the British government. What does Jefferson want these citizens to understand?
If they side with the king, they will become enemies of the United States.
One way that the two declarations differ is that ____.
Stanton needed the support of men to gain voting rights
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. This fair country alone is settled by freeholders, the possessors of the soil they cultivate . . . In about 100 words, discuss the influence that being a "freeholder" has on a settler and, according to Crevecoeur, the admirable qualities it engenders.
America was seen as a country based largely on freedoms and new opportunities and according to Crevecoeur, this was an admirable quality because it gave its people new and exciting opportunities that they did not have previously in Europe
How does the denotation of the phrase "back settlers" differ from the connotation Crevecoeur attaches to the word?
Crevecoeur attaches a negative connotation to the word; the denotation of the word is neutral.
Which of the following could be considered a theme of Crevecoeur's work?
Egalitarian societies are great societies.
The Continental Congress was formed to _____.
Govern the colonies during the Revolutionary War
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. It is not composed, as in Europe, of great lords who possess every thing and of a herd of people who have nothing. What can readers infer about Crevecoeur's opinion of the European aristocracy based on the excerpt?
He thinks that, in Europe, the upper classes have too much and that the lower classes don't have enough.
Read the following sentence and answer the question. However, I resolved to be the better for the echo of it; and though I had at first determined to buy stuff for a new coat, I went away resolved to wear my old one a little longer. What does this sentence suggest about the narrator?
He will enact Father Abraham's advice.
Read the following passage, taken from a resolution adopted at the Women's Rights Convention of 1848, which was written in response to Stanton's declaration, and answer the question. Resolved, That woman is man's equal - was intended to be so by the Creator, and the highest good of the race demands that she should be recognized as such. Rewrite the above passage in modern language so that today's reader may more easily understand Stanton's intent.
In conclusion, women are equal to men as God intended and it should be recognized that she is, in fact, equal.
Read the following excerpt from The American Crisis and answer the question. Why is it that the enemy have left the New England provinces, and made these middle ones the seat of war? What is the persuasive effect of this statement?
It engages the audience and call for a response.
In about 100 words, analyze Crevecoeur's seemingly ambivalent attitude toward European qualities and civilization. Cite examples in the text to show how he both dislikes and admires European qualities.
It seems that Crevecoeur wanted America to be like Britain but better. He liked some parts of what civilization was like in Britain but others he disliked. It seemed that he didn't like the out-casted Americans and he called the back settlers of America "barbaric."
To what does Crevecoeur mainly attribute the metamorphosis of character he notes among the settlers in colonies?
Laws apply to all citizens equally.
In at least 150 words, write an essay in which you explain how Philip Freneau explores American identity in the poem The Indian Burying Ground. Use evidence from the poem to support your response.
Philip Freneau explores American identity in the poem The Indian Burying Ground by showing of how the Native Americans view the afterlife and explores the arts of the Native Americans.
From 1732-1758, Benjamin Franklin published _____.
Poor Richard's Almanac
The Declaration of Independence was created by _____.
Representatives from the colonies
The conclusion to "The Way to Wealth" is signed by _____.
Richard Saunders
The amendments to The U.S. Constitution guarantee _____.
Rights
Read the following passage and answer the question. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent :For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury. . . In the passage above, which section of the Declaration uses this type of technical language in a bulleted list format?
Section 3
Using the Venn diagram you previously created, explain in approximately 100 words how the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of Sentiments are alike.
The Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of Sentiments are alike because they both want specific freedoms and rights. The Declaration of Independence grants rights to men but the Declaration of Sentiments declares that women want the same rights as men were granted 72 years prior. Stanton even quotes Jefferson's writings in the Declaration of Sentiments.
Again using the Venn diagram you previously created, explain in approximately 100 words how the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of Sentiments are different.
The Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of Sentiments are different because Stanton requests the support of men in order to gain women's rights and Jefferson had no need to request, as men were a more superior gender in their society.
Read the following sentence from "The Way to Wealth" and answer the question. Judge then how much I must have been gratified by an incident I am going to relate to you. What does this sentence suggest about the relationship between the narrator and the author?
The author wants to impress his readers.
Read the following excerpt from The American Crisis and answer the question. To see it in our power to make a world happy - to teach mankind the art of being so - to exhibit, on the theatre of the universe a character hitherto unknown - and to have, as it were, a new creation intrusted to our hands, are honors that command reflection, and can neither be too highly estimated, nor too gratefully received. What idea does Paine reference in these lines?
The colonies are an example to be followed.
Read the following excerpt and answer the question. Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. What does this sentence suggest about the relationship between the colonies and the British?
The colonies are undeserving of discipline by the British.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote The Declaration of Sentiments in 1848. Which sentence BEST states the historical significance of this article?
The declaration called for a range of women's rights, including the right to equal education, right to vote, and right to equal treatment under the law.
In at least 250 words, explain the difference in tone between The Declaration of Independence and The Bill of Rights. Use evidence from both texts to support your response.
The difference between the tones of The Declaration of Independence and The Bill of Rights is that the Declaration of Independence is talking about how King George III was a rather useless king and states that the colonies are emancipating themselves from Britain's rule. It also states that rights given to the people through the Declaration are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness but some argue it to be Life, Liberty, and Property. The Bill of Rights states the more specific rights that the American government give to its citizens.
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. The excerpt from The Declaration of Sentiments parallels the reasoning in The Declaration of Independence. Which statement from the Declaration of Independence supports this reasoning?
The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.
In one sentence of approximately 20 to 30 words, explain how readers' personal experiences can affect their ability to draw inferences.
The personal experiences of readers can affect their ability to make inferences because everyone has a different persepective on life and everyone sees things in a different light than others.
Write a 250-word essay in which you explain the significance of the different narrative voices in "The Way to Wealth." Use evidence from both texts to support your response.
The significance of the different narrative voices in "The Way to Wealth" is that Franklin decribes the two voices that keep repeating things from Father Abraham to defend his writings and views and to make it more believable coming from two people and not just one as it would seem to be something sucessful for both people and/ or voices.
Read these lines from Philip Freneau's the "Indian Burying Ground" and answer the question. In spite of all the learned have said,I still my old opinion keep;The posture that we give the dead,Points out the soul's eternal sleep.Not so the ancients of these lands—The Indian, when from life released,Again is seated with his friends,And shares again the joyous feast.His imaged birds, and painted bowl,And venison, for a journey dressed,Bespeak the nature of the soul,Activity, that knows no rest. Why does the speaker disagree with native burial customs?
The speaker believes that death is an eternal sleep.
In at least 150 words, explain the tone of the address before the Virginia Congress. Use evidence from the speech to support your response.
The tone of Patrick Henry's address towards the Virginia Congress is one of persuasion and patriotism in order to sway the convention to fight against the tyranny of the British
Explain in at least 200 words the tone of the first American Crisis pamphlet. Use evidence from the text to support your response.
The tone of the first American Crisis phamplet is one of persuasion and requesting the community to fight. "As I was with the troops at Fort Lee, and marched with them to the edge of Pennsylvania, I am well acquainted with many circumstances, which those who live at a distance know but little or nothing of. Our situation there was exceedingly cramped, the place being a narrow neck of land between the North River and the Hackensack. Our force was inconsiderable, being not one fourth so great as Howe could bring against us. We had no army at hand to have relieved the garrison, had we shut ourselves up and stood on our defence." This passage states that Paine was with the troops through hardships and he still continued to fight.
In Jefferson's mind, what is the relationship between freedom of religion and the civil rights of individuals?
They are inseparable.
Read the following excerpt and answer the question. I never saw an oft removed tree,Nor yet an oft removed family,That throve so well as those that settled be. What is unusual about these lines from "The Way to Wealth"?
They are written in formal verse.
Read the following excerpt and answer the question. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer on the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. What is the persuasive effect of the different types of statements?
They engage the audience and call for a response.
What does Crevecoeur believe is the proper relationship people should have with the land and nature?
They should cultivate and use nature.
Read the selection below and answer the question. Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never; so that, as Poor Richard says, a life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. Which of the statements below best describes this quotation?
This passage is an example of the Protestant Work Ethic.
In one paragraph, discuss how Jefferson's notions of "argument and debate" as "natural weapons" against religious tyranny might also inform his ideas about democracy.
Thomas Jefferson believed that the ability to debate were natural weapons because he thought that it worked in the case of fighting for things such as rights and in this case freedom from religious tyranny. The power to word sentences to convince your audience to do something was a strength within his society.
In part III of the statute, Jefferson concedes that no law, not even this one, is "irrevocable"; he then declares that infringing on the principles in the statute would violate natural law. Why might Jefferson have mentioned the revocability of human law? What does he gain by doing this? What might he lose?
Thomas Jefferson mentions the revocability of the laws because he believed in basic human rights and if the law is infringing on these rights then it is deemed revocable.
In one sentence of approximately 15 to 25 words, write the main idea that Thomas Jefferson wants to convey to all the readers of The Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson wants to convey that colonies want to emancipate themselves from Britain and to let people know they have inalienable rights.
Explain in at least 150 words whether or not Thomas Paine's writing in the first American Crisis pamphlet persuades his audience that the moment to fight is at hand. Use evidence from the text to support your response.
Thomas Paine's writing in the first American Crisis pamphlet persuades his audience that the moment to fight is at hand because in it he talks of how tyranny is hard to fight and how the glory will not be achieved instantly. "Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. "
Read the following excerpt from The American Crisis and answer the question. Your conduct is an invitation to the enemy, yet not one in a thousand of you has heart enough to join him. In this sentence Paine refers to _____.
Tories
In at least 150 words, explain two ways in which Patrick Henry persuades his audience that the moment to fight is at hand. Identify two rhetorical techniques or appeals. Use evidence from the speech to support your response.
Two ways Patrick Henry uses to persuade his audience that the moment to fight is at hand is the connection to his audience and the expression of having the same goals as his audience. Patrick Henry used Pathos to make his connection to the audience and he used Ethos to encourage his audience to listen.
Read this definition and excerpt from the opening of The Declaration of Independence and answer the question. point of view: a particular way of considering a matter; from the point of view of the author We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, . . . Which statement in today's language illustrates Jefferson's point of view in the excerpt?
We understand the truth that all men are equal, and are assured certain rights by God.
Read the following passage and answer the question. He has made her, morally, an irresponsible being . . . In . . . marriage, she is compelled to promise obedience to her husband, he becoming, to all intents and purposes, her master . . . What inferences, or conclusions can be drawn regarding the typical husband and wife relationship in 1848?
Women had to obey their husbands even if they were wrong.
Read the following passage, taken from a resolution adopted at the Women's Rights Convention of 1848, which was written in response to Stanton's declaration, and answer the question. . . . the objection of . . . impropriety . . . brought against woman when she addresses a public audience, comes . . . from those who encourage, by their attendance, her appearance on the stage, in the concert, or in the feats of the circus. Which of the following is the best inference?
Women should not appear on stage in public.
Read these lines from Philip Freneau's the "Indian Burying Ground" and answer the question. In spite of all the learned have said,I still my old opinion keep;The posture that we give the dead,Points out the soul's eternal sleep.Not so the ancients of these lands—The Indian, when from life released,Again is seated with his friends,And shares again the joyous feast.His imaged birds, and painted bowl,And venison, for a journey dressed,Bespeak the nature of the soul,Activity, that knows no rest. The shift in the poem's rhythm in the last stanza signifies _____.
a sense of history that is present
Like Jefferson's, Crevecoeur's vision of the American utopia is primarily _____.
agrarian
How are the two declarations similar?
all of the above (Stanton and Jefferson both begin "When in the course of human events . . . ." Both use the phrase "We hold these truths to be self-evident . . . ." Both make references to God.)
Read the following passage and answer the question. . . . that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved . . . What is Jefferson demanding as he concludes the Declaration?
all of the above (independence from Great Britain freedom from the tyranny of the king of Great Britain the severance of all political ties to Great Britain)
Read the following passage and answer the question. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. In the passage above, to what does the word usurpations refer?
appropriations
The balanced, rhythmic flow of poetry or oratory is referred to as _____.
cadence
Jefferson believed that propagating a church by requiring attendance or monetary support was a form of _______.
coercion
The reading audience for The American Crisis was mainly _____.
colonists
The American Crisis was published just after _____.
colonists began to desert the army
With what does Jefferson equate tyranny?
compulsion
Read the following passage and answer the question. . . . accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable . . . In the passage above, which of the following language types does Jefferson use?
connotative language
Read the following sentence and answer the question. For age and want, save while you may;No morning sun lasts a whole day, The purpose of the figurative language in this example is to _____.
create a metaphor based on familiar experience
Read the following excerpt from Patrick Henry's speech and answer the question. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. The purpose of the parallel language in this example is to _____.
emphasize the importance of past actions
Read the following passage and answer the question. . . . the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them . . . In the passage above, which of the following language types does Jefferson use?
figurative language
Which colonists does Crevecoeur despise as "barbarous?"
frontiersmen
Jefferson declares that a person's "opinion in matters of religion shall in no wise" do which of the following?
give that person greater civil rights
Read the following passage and answer the question. If the might and eminence of a country consist in its surplus of gold, silver, and all other things necessary or convenient for its subsistence, derived, so far as possible, from its own resources (colonies and conquered territories included), without dependence upon other countries, and in the proper fostering, use, and application of these, then it follows that a general national economy . . . should consider how such a surplus, fostering, and enjoyment can be brought about, without dependence upon others, or where this is not feasible in every respect, with as little dependence as possible upon foreign countries, and sparing use of the country's own cash. —Philip Willhelm Von Hornick This text above is an example of _____.
mercantilism
Read the following excerpt and answer the question. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; Which rhetorical device is used in the excerpt?
parallelism
The appeal to emotion is called _____.
pathos
Read the selection from The American Crisis below and answer the question. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods. What literary device is used in the sentence above?
personification
The purpose of Patrick Henry's speech is to _____.
persuade
Copying someone else's material and claiming that it is your own creation is called _____.
plagiarism
The position from which something is observed or expressed is called ____.
point of view
Read the selection below and answer the question. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Which of the following best describes the quotation?
rhetorical questions
Read these lines from Philip Freneau's the "Indian Burying Ground" and answer the question. In spite of all the learned have said,I still my old opinion keep;The posture that we give the dead,Points out the soul's eternal sleep.Not so the ancients of these lands—The Indian, when from life released,Again is seated with his friends,And shares again the joyous feast.His imaged birds, and painted bowl,And venison, for a journey dressed,Bespeak the nature of the soul,Activity, that knows no rest. The rhyme scheme of these lines is _____
rhymed couplets
An almanac contains _____.
statistical information
Organization and arrangement refer to what rhetorical element?
structure
The distinctive features of literary or artistic expression are called _____.
style
The main purpose of The American Crisis was to _____.
support the American revolutionary effort
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's purpose for writing The Declaration of Sentiments was to ____.
support the issue of women's rights and improve the civil and legal rights of women guaranteed by the Constitution
Read the following passage and answer the question. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. In the passage above, which of the following language types does Jefferson use?
technical language
An example of a value is ____.
the exercise of freedom
In his Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Jefferson argues that the impulse for belief and religion comes from _____.
the free, reasoning mind
According to Jefferson, all people have a free mind given to them by God. This mind is free to believe according to reason and evidence. What freedom does this give people that threatens organized religion?
the freedom to believe in no religion
Jefferson argues that civil judges cannot render opinions about the beliefs of others because of what tendency?
the tendency to prefer their own beliefs
Read the following excerpt from The American Crisis and answer the question. Wisdom is not the purchase of a day, and it is no wonder that we should err at the first setting off. From an excess of tenderness, we were unwilling to raise an army, and trusted our cause to the temporary defense of a well-meaning militia. What is the purpose of these lines?
to emphasize the need for force
