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Who wrote Letters fron an American Farmer?

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Crevecoeur

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What is considered one of the earliest examples of American Exceptionalism in literature (guide)?

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Letters from an American Farmer

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What is the name of the farmer in Letters from an American Farmer?

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James

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Who are the Letters from an American Farmer written to?

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British nobleman

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What three places does James travel to in Letters?

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Massachusetts, South Carolina, Pennsylvania

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When did Crevecoeur first travel to North America?

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1755

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What originally brought Crevecoeur to North America?

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He was a cartographer for the French Army

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Where did Crevecoeur first live in the America?

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New York

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When did Creveceour become a naturalized citizen?

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1765

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What was Crevecoeur’s occupation in the US (after settled)?

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farmer

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When did Crevecoeur begin writing his letters?

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Early 1770s

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Why was Crevecoeur unable to return to France in 1778?

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the British accused him of being a spy

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When did Crevecoeur finally leave America?

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1780

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When did Crevecoeur publish his letters?

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1782

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When and where was a longer version of Crevecoeur’s letters published?

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France, 1786

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Where was Crevecoeur’s book least popular?

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America

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What three significant changes had occurred between the time that Creveceour left America and came back?

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wife died, farm burned down, children resettled in Boston

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18
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What Letter from Creveceour is considered most famous?

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III

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What does Crevecoeur describe as the primary occupation of Americans?

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farming

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What does Crevecoeur claim is an economic result of most of America being farmers?

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less class stratification

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What does Crevecoeur say unites American colonists?

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“silken bands of mild government”

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Is Crevecoeur in favor of independence?

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no

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What does Crevecoeur call his idea of a “coherent and unified American identity?”

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American Race

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Where do some historians believe that the “melting pot” idea has its roots?

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Letters from an American Farmer

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What type of terrain does James discover in Massachusetts?
rocky
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What city does James describe in his ninth letter?
Charlestown
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What does Crevecoeur say. makes the soil fertile in south carolina?
The sweat and tears of enslaved workers
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What city does Crevecoeur compare Charlestown to?
Lima
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What three things was Spain associated with in English writing?
greed, cruelty, and improvidence
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What does James do for the hanging man?
gives him water and leaves him
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What does the hanging man ask for?
poison
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What nation was Canassatego
Onodaga
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Where was the original homeland of the Onodaga Nation?
upstate New York
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What was another name for the Iroquois?
Haudenosaunee League
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How many nations were originally a part of the Iroquois Confederacy?
Five
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What was Canassatego's role for the Haudenosaunee?
diplomate
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Who did Canassatego negotiate with?
British
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What was Canassatego primarily responsible for negotiating over?
Pennsylvania
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Who originially owned the land that Canassatego was negotiating over?
Lenape (Delaware) tribe
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How were the Lenape defrauded out of land?
officials used an unsigned deed to claim the land had been sold
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Who was hurt in the Walking purchase of 1737?
Lenape tribe
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Who was involved in the Lancaster Treaty in 1744?
Haudenosaunee
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What land was sold as a part of the Lancaster Treaty?
parts of Virginia
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What mismatch occurred because of the Lancaster Treaty?
Virginia thought they had been sold the land to the Ohio River, the Haudenosaunee thought they had sold the land only to the Shenandoah Valley
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Who did Viriginia argue spoke for the Haudenosaunee in ceding land?
the Susquehanna (Virginia had an earlier treaty with them)
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What two things does Canassatego say are dwindling in number because of white settlers?
land and deer
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What does "Pen and Ink Work" refer to in Canassatego's speech?
Lancaster Treaty
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Where does Canassatego say his ancestors came from?
the ground
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What four things does Canassatego say the Dutch brought with them to trade?
Awls, Knives, Hatchets, Guns
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Who printed Canassatego's speech early in his printing career?
Benjamin Franklin
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What was Benjamin Franklin's 1784 essay called?
Remarks Concerning the Savages of North-America
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What league could have been political inspiration for the colonists?
Haudenosaunee
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Who from the guide has an unknown name and birthyear?
James Logan
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What group was James Logan a leader of?
Seneca-Cayuga
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What event does Logan describe in his speech?
Yellow River Massacre
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Where did the Yellow River Massacre take place?
Ohio River in West Virginia
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what relation of Logan was killed in the Yellow River massacre?
pregnant sister
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Who was Logan summoned to negotiate with?
Lord Dunmore
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What was the name of the husband of Logan's sister?
John GIbson
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What did John Gibson do for Logan?
translate
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When did Logan's speech first appear in print?
1775
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In what newspaper did Logan's speech first appear?
Pennsylvania Journal
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Where did Jefferson publish Logan's speech?
Notes on the State of Virginia
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Why does Jefferson use Logan's speech?
He says it shows oratorical and rhetorical artistry
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What two Greek orators does Jefferson compare Logan to?
Demosthenes and Cicero
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Who does Jefferson claim that American Indians are equal to in their capacity for civilization?
Greeks
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What claim from Logan's speech does Logan use against him?
They are disappearing
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Who was the first African-American woman to publish a book of poetry?
Phillis Wheatley
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Where was Wheatley born (2)?
West Africa or Senegal
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Who purchased Phillis Wheatley?
John Wheatley
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Who was John Wheatley's wife?
Susanna
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What was Wheatley's first poem?
Elegy for George Whitefield
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When did Wheatley travel to London?
1773
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Who did Wheatley travel to London with?
John Wheatley's son
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What was Wheatley's first book called?
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
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When was Wheatley's first book published?
1773
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What two poems from the guide did Wheatley write?
"On Being Brought from Africa to America" and "To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth"
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Who was on the cover of Wheatley's first book?
Wheatley
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Who made the etching on Wheatley's book?
Scipio Moorhead
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When was Wheatley emancipated?
1774
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When did Wheatley write a poem for Washington?
1775
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In what magazine was Wheatley's poem about Washington written?
Pennsylvania Magazine
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Why was the second volume of Wheatley's work never published?
she never received the funds
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Who did Wheatley marry in 1778?
John Peters
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How many children did Wheatley have?
3
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How did Wheatley die?
giving birth
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Where was Wheatley buried?
Boston
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Why was Wheatley celebrated as a black writer?
intellectual and artistic capacity
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Why was Wheatley's poetry first promoted?
It advocated for Christianity
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Why did Wheatley's poetry remain unstudied for so long?
she does not make an explicit argument against slavery
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What biblical figure does Wheatley reference in "On Being Brought"?
Cain
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Who did Wheatley write To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth for?
William Legge
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What role did William legge serve in?
Secretary of State
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What does Wheatley's poem praise Legge for?
accommodating American demands
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What is the American Paradox that Wheatley references?
contradiction between political rhetoric of the revolution and the use of slavery
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Who was called the "poet of the revolution"?
Philip Freneau
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Where was Freneau born?
New York City
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Where did Freneau attend college?
College of New Jersey (Princeton)
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Who did Freneau attend college with?
James Madison
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Where did Freneau go at the beginning of the revolution?
West Indies
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What group did Freneau join on his return to North America in 1778?
New Jersey militia
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What poem did Freneau write about his experience in the New Jersey militia?
The British Prison Ship
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When was Freneau's complete poetry published?
1786
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When was Freneau's complete prose published?
1788
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What newspaper was Freneau the editor of?
National Gazette
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Who established the National Gazette?
Jefferson
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Between what years was the National Gazette published?
1791-1793
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For what purpose was the National Gazette established?
to criticize the Federalist Party
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Who was especially targeted by the National Gazette?
Alexander Hamilton
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Besides his political poetry, what topic did Freneau focus on?
natural world
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When was "On the Emigration to America and Peopling the Western Country written?
1785
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When was The Indian Burying Ground written?
1788
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What rhythm did Wheatley's poetry have?
iambic pentameter
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What two poetic modes does Wheatley use?
ode and elegy
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What rhythm does Freneau use?
iambic tetrameter
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What poetic rhythm was most popular in the eighteenth century?
iambic pentameter

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