Literature of Enlightenment, Revolution, & the New Nation

This section contains the following pages:

George Washington

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  • Introduction: Enlightenment and Revolution
  • Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography
  • Thomas Paine, Common Sense
  • Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence
  • John & Abigail Adams, Letters
  • Cherokee Women, To Pres. Benjamin Franklin
  • Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative Of The Life Of Olaudah Equiano – Or, Gustavus Vassa, The African, Written By Himself
  • Phillis Wheatley, Poems & Letter
  • Philip Freneau, Poems