American enlightenment

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  1. 3. Franklin's work that contained aphorisms and proverbs, with many of them still used in American English.
  2. 4. A mainstay of the southern economy and subject of one of Freneau's poems.
  3. 6. One of the poems of revolution by Philip Freneau.
  4. 8. Virtue listed by Franklin involving being quiet
  5. 9. The writer, printer, publisher, scientist, philanthropist, and diplomat known as "The 1st American and the last universal man."
  6. 10. Poet of the American Revolution known for "The British Prison Ship"
  7. 11. The poet known as the "Poet of the American Revolution."
  8. 13. Franklin's virtue concerning eating and drinking in moderation
  9. 14. The container of poems, sayings, and astronomical information by Franklin.
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  1. 1. A crucial commodity of early American trade celebrated by Freneau in a poem.
  2. 2. Key theme of the 18th-century American Enlightenment
  3. 3. Franklin's famous work in which he lists 13 virtues and elaborates on them with maxims.
  4. 5. Virtue listed by Franklin involving being determined
  5. 7. A movement in the 18th century emphasizing rationality, scientific inquiry, and representative government in place of monarchy.
  6. 12. A work by Franklin later published as "The Way to Wealth" in which he addresses the people attending an auction.