from religious based to more of a scientific approach. Not only is this an important era for American Literature but also for American History because this is when the Declaration Of Independance and The United States Constitution were written. Writers and readers took notice to “The Enlightenment” and started the historic event, we know today as the “The Age of Reasoning”. The time period during the Rationalism era was from 1750 to 1800. This time is a major part in American History which includes
The revolutionary period began with a few small voices clamoring for a revolution and a dream of freedom from past tyrants. This gave root to what is known as today as the American Dream. A dream that in the land of the free and the home of the brave anything is possible and all things can be achieved. The American Dream revealed in Revolutionary period writing, consisted of the rebellious colonists' desire to seize the current oppressive government, become citizens of a country where unalienable
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