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18th Century America

In Europe, the 18th century was about Progress. Technological advances were only one aspect of that progress, the most important elements being intellectual and spiritual. The Age of Enlightenment was at its peak, and philosophers envisioned a future time when the knowledge, virtue and diligence of Mankind would usher in a golden era of educated populations working together for self-actualization and evolutionary development.

It's easy to think the American Colonies, and later the fledgling United States of America, were different, that the distance of oceans removed them from the influence of secular humanism. In fact, the Founding Fathers were thoroughly sons of the Enlightenment, and it was their commitment to the same kind of Progress espoused by men like Hegel and Voltaire that led them to break with England.

Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin were probably the most outspoken defenders of Enlightenment idealism, but there were plenty of others. There were also plenty of Christians, men whom today's Enlightenment heirs would prefer we forgot, but the fact remains that the American political experiment was largely undertaken with the goal of reshaping government to advance the people further on the path toward perfection.

Essentially, the primary tenets of the Enlightenment were that man can know all there is to know, that through education all men can acquire enough knowledge to become virtuous and productive, and that together we can all make the world a better place. It's basically a mirror-image of the Christian doctrine of history: that man is helpless, that only God knows everything, and that history is moving along the path God set for it to fulfill His ultimate ends and glorify Himself through Jesus Christ.

As in any era, God raised men to proclaim the latter truth despite the humanism engulfing so much of Western society. The wisdom of God is foolishness to those who are perishing (as He says in His Word), and many rejected the calls to repentance, but there were plenty who accepted and turned to Christ, enough to start a revival called the Great Awakening.

Men like George Whitefield, John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards preached the Gospel in direct opposition to the wisdom of this world that was spreading so quickly and thoroughly. Even today, their sermons are remembered and read, and even today men and women are converted through their doctrinally sound and spiritually edifying writings.

In the end, the tension between Christianity and Enlightenment rationalism that swept the newly settled North American continent was indicative of the same battle that has raged ever since Adam declared war on God by eating the forbidden fruit. For Christians, the most important event in 18th century America was the Great Awakening, not the American War for Independence. It's essential when studying the period that we keep this in perspective, appreciating the good things the Revolution and its advocates accomplished while measuring everything against the truth of Scripture.

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13 Colonies: Georgia
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
America Grows Up
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by Gerald W. Johnson
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America's Ethan Allen
by Stewart H. Holbrook; illustrated by Lynd Ward
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Picture Book Biography for 4th-6th grade
1950 Caldecott Honor Book
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from Random House
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Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia
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Benjamin Franklin: Young Printer
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Bill of Rights
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Black Heroes of the American Revolution
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Black Man in America
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from Veritas Press
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1932 Newbery Honor Book
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Colonial Governor
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
Colonial Town: Williamsburg
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Revised from Crabtree Publishing
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Concise Illustrated History of the American Revolution
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Crossing
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$7.00 (2 in stock)
Cut & Assemble the Mayflower
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2020 Reprint from Dover Publications
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$9.00 (1 in stock)
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Biography for 4th-8th grade
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by George Edward Stanley
from Sterling Publishing Co.
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Fight for Freedom
by Benson Bobrick
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Fighting Ground
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
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2003 Printing from Osprey Publishing
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George Washington
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by Sterling North
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Give Me Liberty!
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
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$9.00 (2 in stock)
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from Crabtree Publishing
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
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by Seymour Reit
from Harcourt
Historical fiction for 4th-8th grade
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from Bellerophon Books
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$2.50 (2 in stock)
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History of US Book 2
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3rd Revised Edition from Oxford University
American History Reference for 5th-9th grade
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$15.95 $11.00 (3 in stock)
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History of US Book 3
by Joy Hakim
3rd Revised Edition from Oxford University
American History Reference for 5th-9th grade
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$15.95 $11.00 (1 in stock)
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History of US Book 4
by Joy Hakim
3rd Revised Edition from Oxford University
American History Reference for 5th-9th grade
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$15.95 $11.00 (1 in stock)
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
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by Bobbie Kalman
from Crabtree Publishing
for 3rd-6th grade
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$5.50 (1 in stock)
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from Little, Brown & Company
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$4.00 (2 in stock)
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from HarperCollins
Historical Fiction for 4th-9th grade
1942 Newbery Honor Book
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American History Series
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from Mark Twain Media
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
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American History Series
by Schyrlet Cameron
from Mark Twain Media
for 5th-8th grade
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$5.50 (1 in stock)
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for 6th-12th grade
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
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from Westminster Press
for 3rd-6th grade
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$24.00 (1 in stock)
John Hancock
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from Children's Press
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
John Hancock: A Signature Life
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
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Sterling Point Books
by Armstrong Sperry
from Sterling Publishing Co.
Biography for 5th-9th grade
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$4.50 (1 in stock)
John Paul Jones
by Norma Jean Lutz
from Chelsea House Publishing
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
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Illustrated American Classics
by Esther Forbes
from Houghton Mifflin
Historical Fiction/Adventure for 3rd-10th grade
1944 Newbery Medal winner
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
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by Marguerite Henry
from Grosset & Dunlap
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$6.40 (1 in stock)
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Wesley Dennis
1958th edition from Rand McNally
for 3rd-6th grade
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$9.60 (1 in stock)
Kings Mountain
by G. Clifton Wisler
1st edition from HarperCollins
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in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Liberty Bell
Primary Sources of American Symbols
by Jennifer Silate
1st edition from PowerKids Press
for 3rd-6th grade
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Liberty or Death
by Margaret Whitman Blair
from National Geographic
for 4th-9th grade
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
Life of Washington
by Josephine Pollard
from Beautiful Feet Books
Biography for 3rd-8th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$10.95 $7.50 (1 in stock)
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by Peter Marshall & David Manuel
from Revell Publishing
American History Reference for 4th-6th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$3.00 (2 in stock)
Madeleine Takes Command
Bethlehem Books Living History Library
by Ethel Brill
from Bethlehem Books
Historical Fiction for 5th-8th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$14.95 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Making of America
by Robert D. Johnston
Reissue from National Geographic
for 6th-10th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Making of the Constitution
Jackdaw No. A8
by Elizabeth Bidwell Bates
Unb from Jackdaw Publications
for 4th-9th grade
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$35.00 (1 in stock)
Man with the Silver Eyes
by William O. Steele
from Harcourt Brace Jovanich
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Mayflower II
from Plimoth Plantation Publication
for 6th-12th grade
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Meet George Washington
Second Series Landmark / Step Up reprints
by Joan Heilbroner
from Random House
Biography for 3rd-6th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$6.99 $3.00 (3 in stock)
Meet George Washington
by Joan Heilbroner
First Scholastic Printing 2001 from Scholastic Inc.
Biography for 3rd-6th grade
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$2.50 (1 in stock)
Meet Thomas Jefferson
Second Series Landmark / Step Up reprints
by Marvin Barrett
from Random House
Biography for 3rd-6th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$4.99 $3.00 (3 in stock)
Miracle at Philadelphia
by Catherine Drinker Bowen
from Little, Brown & Company
for 4th-6th grade
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$9.00 (3 in stock)
Molly Pitcher: Young Patriot
Childhood of Famous Americans
by Augusta Stevenson
from Aladdin Paperbacks
Biography for 3rd-6th grade
in Childhood of Famous Americans (Location: BIO-COFA)
$8.99 $5.00 (2 in stock)
My Brother Sam Is Dead
by James & Christopher Collier
from Scholastic Inc.
Historical Fiction for 5th-8th grade
1975 Newbery Honor Book
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$7.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
My Brother Sam Is Dead
by James & Christopher Collier
from Simon and Schuster
Historical Fiction for 5th-8th grade
1975 Newbery Honor Book
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
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