:THE AMERICAN DREAM OF SUCCESS
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 :in europe, the enlightenment/rennaisance
 :in new england, the age of reason
 :this was a period of questioning which leads to a change in society.  this questioning was more allowed in europe than new england0
 :also a time of scientific advancement.  science cannot exist without this questioning.
 :by the time of the revolution, the mindset was in place to have a revolution.  the puritains could not have a revolution because they would not question authority.
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 :puritains - all knowledge comes through divine revelation
 :the enlightenment/age of reason - answwers come from one's own mind.
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 :moving away from faith obedience to faith in one's own mind
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 :**people are by nature GOOD (puritans believed people were bad)
 :if a human was bad it was due to a bad influence
 :a perfect society is more than just an idle dream (optimistic philoshiphy)
 :major people
 : -voltaire
 : -jean jacques rousseau
 : -john locke
 : -david hume
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 :jean jacques rousseau: social contract of government
 :mutually binding mutually beneficial contract of representative government
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 :john locke: natural rights of man
 : (life, liberty, and pursuit of property)
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 :voltaire: seperation of church and state
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 :rhetorical devices:
 : -rhetorical question
 : -restatement
 :   -other words
 :   -same words
 : -logic
 : -emotional imflamation
 : -demonizing the opposition
 :   -lying
 :   -mudslinging
 : -parallelism
 : -aphorisms
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 :rhetorical strudcure:
 : -begin with statement of purpose
 : -statement of premise
 :   -premise is the underlying idea the treatise is based on
 : -development of premise and offshoots
 : -call to action
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 : REMUNIRATION - monetary reimbursement
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