... show that the universe was organized according to certain unchanging laws, and that people could discover those laws through the use of their reason. This new belief then combined common sense with ideas from European thinkers. From this mixtures of outlooks came a very triumphant time in American life, encouraging writers such as Benjamin Franklin, author of his masterpiece, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Other ... CRISIS, NO.1; Patrick Henry, author of SPEECH TO THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION; and Thomas Jefferson, writer of THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. The AMERICAN ROMANTICISM PERIOD existed from 1...

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