Rev Era Review

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Across
  1. 1. The crime of betraying one's country
  2. 3. One reason the Declaration called out King George was his refusal to hold _________.
  3. 5. A pithy observation containing a general truth.
  4. 7. Expressing the same idea in different words to clarify and stress key points
  5. 8. Paine persuades all men and women to join the rebellion
  6. 9. The literature of the time period (1775-1800) mainly consisted of __________. speeches and documents
  7. 13. Thomas Paine's opinion of Joan of Arc
  8. 15. The time period from 1750-1800 was called the The Age of __________.
  9. 16. An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information
  10. 17. Words likely to produce a strong emotional response
Down
  1. 2. Jefferson was inspired by ________________ authors when drafting the Declaration
  2. 4. According to Paine, Declaring war is __________ when defending one's self, family, country, or property
  3. 6. Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
  4. 8. ________ can have positive effects because it can bring men to light (or knowledge)
  5. 10. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
  6. 11. The three ________________ rights are life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness
  7. 12. Franklin’s aphorism similar to "Actions speak louder than words": A good example is the best _________.
  8. 14. Writers and thinkers of this time valued reason over ________.