Imagine, America or the United States engaging in a war that will last for a decade fighting for independence. As you contemplated, America have actually participated in a huge conflict against Britain for independence of the colonists in the 1800’s. The Rationalism period also known as the American Enlightenment was the guidance to the formation of American literature apart from the Europeans. The Revolutionary war of America has created significant literary works that are still noted to be famous of all time. The 18th century of America was known as the period of Rationalism or Age of reason , or the age of enlightenment; it was derived from the scientific revolution of the 17th century. It altered the way people thought or looked at problems, not in realm of science but in realm of public affairs. Many …show more content…
Among those European thinkers were John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Voltaire, Baron Montesquieu, Denis Diderot and many others. Even America has its own significant figures that influenced literature like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. The American enlightenment is also known as the America’s political evolution, the thinking that led to the fomenting of a revolution against the Great Britain and the creation of Modern Republic. The Enlightenment of America was important because it provided the philosophical basis of the American Revolution. The revolution was more than just a protest against English authority; as it turned out, the American Revolution created a blueprint for the organization of a democratic society. The American revolution was an enlightenment concept of the government whose most profound documents are found in the American Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution. In order to feel the full impact on the enlightenment of America; one needs to look at the first inaugural address of Thomas Jefferson, who, along with Benjamin Franklin, are