In the introduction to “Nature,” Ralph Waldo Emerson divides the universe into which two components?

Thomas Paine – Common Sense In closing Common Sense, which attribute does Thomas Paine suggest that “ye that love mankind” should receive into America, since it has been “expelled” from Africa and Asia, and Europe “regards her as a stranger”?

Who were the “Transcendentalists,” and for what reason/purpose did they create this group?

Philip Freneau – “On the Religion of Nature” In the poem “On the Religion of Nature,” who are the “Sophists” and what does Freneau think of them?  Why?

Washington Irving – “Rip Van Winkle” How long is Rip asleep in the woods?

John Smith – “The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles” How did the settlers who survived the first summer in Jamestown avoid starvation in the fall of 1607?

 Henry David Thoreau – Walden According to Thoreau, what is the goal of life?

Benjamin Franklin-Autobiography What is the “Junto”?

Thomas Jefferson – “The Declaration of Independence” What is one ironic fact concerning Jefferson’s legacy that caused tension related to slavery?

Washington Irving – “Rip Van Winkle” What causes Rip Van Winkle to fall asleep?