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Study
Questions
1. Discuss the ways in which
Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson alter the content of Puritan
thinking without changing its form. how do their writings reflect
earlier forms?
2. Analyze specific ways in
which The Declaration of Independence demonstrates the influence of
eighteenth-century thought.
3. Discuss the ways The
Declaration of Independence uses literary devices to achieve its
power.
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