Crèvecoeur – “Letters from an American Farmer” Which occupation does the narrator claim is most conducive to virtue?

Jonathan Edwards – “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” According to Jonathan Edwards, what is the pace of redemption during the Great Awakening?

John Winthrop – “A Model of Christian Charity” According to Winthrop, when is it permissible to lend money to another person?

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?