3TheLiteratureofReasonandRevolution.docVIP

3 The Literature of Reason and Revolution I. Fill in the blanks. 1. At the initial period the spread of ideas of the American Enlightenment was largely due to_____. 2. Franklin edited the first colonial magazine, which he called____. 3. Franklin’s best writing is found in his masterpiece_____. 4. Thomas Paine, with his natural gift for pamphleteering and rebellion, was appropriately born into an age of____. 5. On January 10, 1776, Paine’s famous pamphlet appeared. 6. In Philadelphia, ______ the Pennsylvania magazine, and contributed to the Pennsylvania journal. 7. A series of sixteen