Nationalism and Awakenings in the Age of Enlightenment

DALA: Digital American Literature Anthology
Edited by Michael O'Conner, Millikin University

Unit 4: Nationalism in the Age of Enlightenment Resources

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Author Biographies

Benjamin Franklin [American Passages]

Thomas Jefferson [American Passages]

J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur [American Passages]

Unit Background, Secondary Sources

Perspectives in American Literature,Chapter 2: Colonial Period: 1700-1800 - A Brief Introduction by Paul P. Reuben

Primary Sources

Notes on the State of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson (hypertext)

Declaration of Independence changes: Early Rough Draft, Congress Revisions

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin

"Information for Those Who Would Remove to America" by Benjamin Franklin

"Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America" by Benjamin Franklin