Benjamin Franklin's "The Way To Wealth" signifies the change from the "puritan plain" writing style to the "protestant work ethic" style. In fact, it wasn't just the writing style that changed, it was American values, traditions, nationalism, and culture that changed during this time as well. The popularity of The Way To Wealth showed that more and more Americans were concerned with higher levels of intellectual knowledge, than they did for futile religious dogma and rhetoric. Furthermore, Americans didn't love with being a colony of the British Empire, so this area in time also represented a gradual change in the American value of British nationalism, to American nationalism. Therefore, besides the fact that Americans were switching from the puritan faith to the protestant doctrine, they were also beginning to change their values in regards to education and British nationalism. The reason being, they no longer wanted education for the rich, but they wanted it for everyone and they weren't fond of being taxed a lot by Great Britain.
1. The army rescued the child who had been trapped on the third floor of the burning building. 2. When I arrived home last night, I discovered that my wife had already prepared dinner for us. 3. By the time I got to the office, the meeting had already begun without me. Turning the radio on yesterday, I heard a song that was 4. When I.. popular when I was in high school. 5. When Anish entered my room, I did not recognize hime because he had lost so much weight and had grown a beard. He looked totally different! 6. They had seen many pictures of the pyramids before they went to Egypt. Grammar Practice: Using the words in brackets, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses. Simple Past / Past Continuous / Past perfect 1. A: What did you do when the accident occurred?
