Colonial

What information does the following passage (paragraph 6) mainly convey?

• The passage explains that Shakespeare was an important influence on early colonial literature.

• The passage explains the impact of England’s taxation on early colonial literature.

• The passage describes a notable difference between English and early colonial literature.

• The passage suggests that English literature was more interesting than early colonial literature.

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The following passage (paragraph 9) most closely suggests that early American literature . Many of the inhabitants of North America during the colonial period were struggling to adapt to unfamiliar circumstances. Native Americans saw the land they had inhabited for thousands of years overrun by newcomers; they saw their populations being decimated by European diseases and colonization, which culminated in violent battles over territory. Early European settlers sought to establish themselves and tame what they viewed as a wild and alien environment, documenting their efforts in diaries, letters, and books. Enslaved Africans passed on oral and written accounts of their daily struggle to survive the violence and degradation imposed on them by colonial masters.

• was informed by a sense of struggle

• attempted to explore the injustices of oppression

• was responsible for starting the Revolutionary War

• united colonial America’s various cultural groups

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The following passage (paragraph 12) adds to the development of the text mainly by explaining that .

Authors use rhetorical devices like similes, metaphors, and irony, among a long list of other things, to convince their audiences in more subtle ways. Thomas Jefferson was a learned student of literature and philosophy and had a keen sense of how to use these devices. In the Declaration of Independence, he employed a straightforward style but used rhetorical devices such as alliteration, allusion, euphony, and repetition to drive home his points. The rhetoric used during the late colonial period was instrumental in fostering the revolutionary spirit that defined the times and formed the basis of the arguments that led to the founding of the United States of America.

• A. Thomas Jefferson was a well-educated scholar and politician

• B. the first rhetorical devices originated in ancient Greece

• C. Thomas Jefferson knew he could not convince people without rhetorical devices

• D. rhetorical devices were influential in the founding of the United States of America

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The war between the American colonies and Great Britain that resulted in the colonies’ independence

• Puritanism

• Revolutionary War

• Great Awakening

• self-government

• Enlightenment

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Which lens would examine the ways in which colonialism exploited the countries and people it imperialized.

• Wildest Dreams

• Cultural Appropriation

• Post-Colonialism

• Deconstructionism

All countries with colonial ties to Great Britain were part of this

• The Wermacht

• The Commonwealth

• The occupation

• Operation Sea Lion

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Some of the prominent Puritan writers include;

• Cushion Mathers and Anabelle Broadstreet

• Jonathan Edwards and William Bradford

• Rich Baller and Stefan Charmock,

• Thomas Goodietwoshoes and Johnny Win

One hundred Englishmen arrived in three ships to establish what town?

• Salem

• Jamestown

• Pequot

• France

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Anne Bradstreet, who is considered America's first important poet, wrote two poems that were mentioned in your lesson. What is the title of one of the poems?

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________is well known as the site of witch trials in 1692.

• Jamestown

• Gary

• Salem

• Plymouth

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