Crevecouer, Franklin, Paine, Deism, Age of Reason.

The American identity

-Based of freedom from Laws Land and Industry

-Mild Government

-Equitable Laws

The connection between land and idenitity(Farming, frontier)

They can use the money they make in America to buy land

Land gives Freedom→Work for selves, own→sell what you grow. No famine, allows for developement of morals and industry.

The importance of famring and cultivating the land

Cultivating Land is Cultivating morality

Tame wild created olderly fiedls

Focused on Industry

What gives America Freedom?

Land gives America Freedom→Lets people focus on industry.

A mild governemnt aswell. Land allows for the isolation of zealots and less religious conflicts.

Living standards, Europe vs America

-Europe-Poverty, Feudalism, War, Hunger.

-America-Industry, Land, Freedom, Floushment

(flower transplanted)

How did Ben Frankln Educate himself

Using books

Relationship with James Franklin

Disliked by his brother, often conflicted views. Beaten by Brother.

How did he get to owning his own printshop

He was prevented from getting an apprenticeship job in Boston, So he moved to philly.

Who was Silence Dogood

Alias for Franklin to send letters to James Franklin(and his friends) with interesting prespectives. Letters were liked by brothers friends but once he revealed him indentity it was stopped.

Who is Poor Richard Saundard

Self-proclaimed penniless purveyor of prognostications

Benjamin’s Alias to write his Almanack

What was the purpose of the Almanaiac

To instill morality in the common people

Give some basic knowledge that may be useful to people

Spreading virtues and common knowledge

Moral qualities of Ben Franklin

Temperance, Silence, Order, Resolution, Frugality, Industry, Sincerity, Justice, Moderation, Cleanliness, Tranquility, Chastity and Humility.

What was Ben Franklin’s system of acheiving moral perfection

Selecting a virtue to focus on each week. And in order to see his progress, he made a record book and gave himself a black mark each time he failed to exhibit a virtue on which he was working.

Polly Baker arguments

Population increase benifits the country

She has not cause bother to anyone

Men are not punished as hardly for similar actions

it goes againts natural law(increase and multiple)

Argumentum ad Populum

Appeal to popular sentiment-Association of an arguement to something that already agreed as good

Argumentum ad Homninem

Agrument directed at the man- a person attack.

Argumentum ad Vereccundiam

Appeal to authority- Citing on the has knowledge

Poc Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

“After his, thefore, because of this” - False cause

Begging the Question

Hidden assumption-The conclusion has already been established and is revealed by the question. (Gaslighting with a question pretty much)

Bandwagon Techinique

Something is right because its the most popular

Deism

God does not control the universe but instead created a perfect world that controls itself.

Reason is greatest gift

Clockermaker example

God is a clock maker-world operates own mechanical is physical laws.

World as a garden((deism))

humankind has tools to maintain garden

Shifts in beliefs during Colonial Period

Ontology→Epistemology

God’s perfect alter→We can polish his alter

Providence→individual