Writers of the Revolutionary era—the years just before and just after the establishment of the United States as an independent nation—included a large number of the country's "founding fathers." These men used writing as a weapon and a persuasive tool, inspiring others to act in ways that would require great courage and resolve.
After the war, writers like Benjamin Franklin and Phillis Wheatley turned their pens to another task: forging an American identity. Their words were equally powerful and rhetorical, but the goal was to describe and celebrate the American spirit.
See if you can connect these Revolutionary writers to their works and achievements.
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Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
Benjamin Franklin
Phillis Wheatley
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wrote the pamphlet Common Sense, which persuaded American colonists to support independence from England
drafted the Declaration of Independence and wrote letters identifying what made America exceptional
wrote the famous "liberty or death" speech that persuaded the Virginia Assembly to join the war effort
wrote letters that persuaded politicians to support the Revolutionary War by sending troops and supplies
edited the Declaration of Independence and wrote an autobiography that helped define the American Dream
wrote poetry that celebrated America's freedom and independence from England, while living as a slave
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