- Overview of Colonial Literature
- "On Mr. Paine's Rights of Man" (note the problem with dates here)
- What does this indicate about changes among Americans, from a culture with a focus on certain religious beliefs in the early 17th century to one in which the emphasis moved toward religious and political liberty and revolution in the later 18th century?
- Compare the influence of Puritan thinking with that of English philosopher John Locke on domestic tranquility in the mid-19th century, changes in the role of government in people's lives the mid-20th century (social programs, political thought), and on culture today.
- Poetry of Philip Freneau