Deism and the Enlightenment

English 2327

Notes and Links

On-Line Research and Assignments

Study the lnks below, especially those dealing with the primary sources.

**Yes, you will be asked to THINK!**

 

 

 

 




Guidelines and Assignment for Analysis: Letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush by Thomas Jefferson. Assignment Guidelines Appear as Part of This Assignment


Primary Sources for The Assignment: Jefferson as Deist



"American Sphinx: The Contradictions of Thomas Jefferson" by Joseph J. Ellis (National Book Award for Nonfiction, 1997)






Thomas Jefferson, Deism, Religion, and other FAQs

American Literature Lecture Two: The Enlightenment and The Age of Reason

Mathematicians of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

John Locke and His Influence the Enlightenment

John Locke Background and Related Sources




U.S. Founding Documents

Papers of James Madison, University of Virgina

***US HISTORY--REVOLUTIONARY CYCLE***

***The Works of Benjamin Franklin***

Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History





***Thomas Paine Resources on the Net***





Democracy in America: Alexis de Tocqueville





  • Declaring Independence
    Drafting the Documents




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