Jonathan Edwards- Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758) was a Christian preacher and theologian. Edwards "is widely acknowledged to be America's most important and original philosophical theologian," and one of America's greatest intellectuals.[3][4] Edwards's theological work is broad in scope, but he was rooted in Reformed theology, the metaphysics of theological determinism, and the Puritan heritage. Recent studies have emphasized how thoroughly Edwards grounded his life's work on conceptions of beauty, harmony, and ethical fittingness, and how central The Enlightenment was to his mindset.[5] Edwards played a critical role in shaping the First Great Awakening, and oversaw some of the first revivals in 1733–35 at his church in Northampton, Massachusetts.[6][7]
Edwards delivered the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", a classic of early American literature, during another revival in 1741, following George Whitefield's tour of the Thirteen Colonies.[8] Edwards is well known for his many books, The End For Which God Created the World, The Life of David Brainerd, which served to inspire thousands of missionaries throughout the 19th century, and Religious Affections, which many Reformed Evangelicals still read today.[9] Edwards died from a smallpox inoculation shortly after beginning the presidency at the College of New Jersey (Princeton).[10] He was the grandfather of Aaron Burr,[1] third Vice President of the United States.
Thomas Paine- Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 [O.S. January 29, 1736][Note 1][Note 2][Note 3] – June 8, 1809) was an English-American political activist, author, political theorist and revolutionary. As the author of two highly influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, he inspired the Patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Britain.[1] His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era rhetoric of transnational human rights.[2] He has been called "a corsetmaker by trade, a journalist by profession, and a propagandist by inclination".[3]
Born in Thetford, England, in the county of Norfolk, Paine emigrated to the British American colonies in 1774 with the help of Benjamin Franklin, arriving just in time to participate in the American Revolution. His principal contributions were the powerful, widely read pamphlet Common Sense (1776), the all-time best-selling American book that advocated colonial America's independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and The American Crisis (1776–83), a pro-revolutionary pamphlet series. Common Sense was so influential that John Adams said, "Without the pen of the author of Common Sense, the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain."[4]
Paine lived in France for most of the 1790s, becoming deeply involved in the French Revolution. He wrote the Rights of Man (1791), in part a defence of the French Revolution against its critics. His attacks on British writer Edmund Burke led to a trial and conviction in absentia in 1792 for the crime of seditious libel. In 1792, despite not being able to speak French, he was elected to the French National Convention. The Girondists regarded him as an ally. Consequently, the Montagnards, especially Robespierre, regarded him as an enemy.
In December 1793, he was arrested and imprisoned in Paris, then released in 1794. He became notorious because of his pamphlet The Age of Reason (1793–94), in which he advocated deism, promoted reason and freethinking, and argued against institutionalized religion in general and Christian doctrine in particular. He also wrote the pamphlet Agrarian Justice (1795), discussing the origins of property, and introduced the concept of a guaranteed minimum income. In 1802, he returned to America where he died on June 8, 1809. Only six people attended his funeral as he had been ostracized for his ridicule of Christianity.[5]
Benjamin Franklin- Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705][Note 1][Note 2] – April 17, 1790) was one of the
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English Advanced-> Belonging notes * Belonging is a complex, multi faced concept that highlights our inherit need to feel connections with our peers * Our sense of inclusion or exclusion colours the way people see themselves and their world The arrival- by Shaun Tan * The visual represents a group of individuals who seem distressed or in a worry. * They seem uncomfortable in their external environment, though, internally in the group, they belong together as they share the…
※ PLOT the sequence if incidents of which a story is composed ⓐ Rising Action ⓑ Climax ⓒ Falling Action * some stories end with a climax ⓓ Exposition * background info. if any * many include Antecedent Action * occurs early in Rising Action ⓔ Complicating Incident * initiates the conflict * occurs early in Rising Action ⓕ Foreshadowing * hints of the climax and outcome of conflict * occurs during Rising Action ⓖ Moments of crisis * moments of direct…
Essay Basics I) Titles A good title attracts the readers’ interest, and it helps announce the tone of the essay. An informal or humorous essay, for instance, might have a catchy, funny title. Never substitute a mere label, such as “Abortion” or “Essay One” for a meaningful title. Basic rules with Titles: a) Your title should not be underlined, put in quotation marks, bolded, italicized, nor should the font be larger than the standard font; b) Capitalize the first, last, and important words…
High School for Public Service English A- Block Tyrese Clarke Act test 1 Let no images be hung with Caesar’s trophies. I’ll about and drive away the vulgar from the streets so do you, too, where you perceive them thick. These growing feathers plucked from Caesar’s wing will make him fly an ordinary pitch, who else would soar above the view of men and keep us all in servile fearfulness This line is said in a street of Rome { 1.1 71-78} It was said by Flavius and was directed towards Murellus…
Speeches Abraham Lincoln: Government of the people, by the people, for the people’ 1863 Also known as the ‘Gettysburg Address’, this concise speech is simple in its language yet carries a complex message of freedom for all men including the abolition of Negroes in slavery during the period of the Civil War in America. Given at Gettysburg after a great battle and victory for the North, Lincoln praises the efforts of the dead and also calls upon the living to continue fighting for the cause of…
Area of Study: The Journey Peter Skrzynecki: “Immigrant Chronicle” “Crossing the Red Sea” The poem focuses on the journey of migrants travelling by boat to a new country. The title implies that a journey is being embarked on. “Crossing”. The poem is made up of 5 sections, each one relating to a different stage of the migrants’ journey. Language Techniques: Use of 3rd person. “Themselves a landscape/ Of…
In to kill the mockingbird it was a very entertaining story repeats phrases in English and French while the mockingbird sings persistently. Hoping to escape the birds’ disruptive chatter, Léonce retreats into the cottage he has rented. Glancing back at the main building, Léonce notes that the noise emanating from it has increased: the Farival twins play the piano, Madame Lebrun gives orders to two servants, and a lady in black walks back and forth with her rosary beads in hand. Down by the water-oaks…
explain your opinion. As much as this is a very sexually explicit novel in being so graphic, Lawrence makes a symbolic reference with the love between Connie and Mellors. It is an analogy. You may want to note that he represents the lower class that was used by the mine barons to prostitute the English countryside, making it ugly and barren. Mellors now lives as a gardener for Clifford, but also uses his wife for sex. What details show this symbolic reference that Mellors is a foil to the Chatterley's…
the French, English, and Spanish, all colonized the New World in their own way. Although they were all seeking something, the searches were all for different things. In addition, the places colonized by each of these different regions were all in separate areas of the New World. While there, each region had to undergo their own difficulties and in turn, all had their own successes. Since the Spamish was the first to colonize the New World and built an extremely successful empire, the English and French attempted to colonize the coast of…