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=Essential Question 1-= How did Phillis Wheatly influence American History? =Essential Question 2-= How did her writings effect people? =Essential Question 3-= What made Phillis so determined to write poems?

=answer 1.= She was the first black woman to write poems, so it showed everyone in America that anyone can do anything. "An Hymn to the Morning" One of the poems that she wrote greatly influenced American History. =answer 2.= She touches peoples hearts because she showed her faith in her poems, so people really related to her work. It makes people realize that she shares common interests with them. =answer 3.= Phillis wrote poems because she loved to write. She also felt very strongly on the things that she wrote so she wanted to get her word out there.

=10 facts about Phillis Wheatley=

-First African American woman poet. -was sold as a slave at age 7 -was taught by her slave owners how to read and write -she wrote her first poem at age 13 -because of her poems she was freed as a slave -married a free black man and had three children, 2 died soon after and her husband left her, then her other child died. -white people didnt believe that she wrote her poems so she had to go to court and prove that she wrote them. -her poems focused on moral and religious subjects. -was popular in America and England for her poems. -was the first African American to make a living off her writings

=Extra Info=

To see more information about [|Phillis Wheatley] click the link. Phillis Wheatley had a [|highschool] named after her for her accomplishments. click here to view [|pictures] of Philis Wheatley.

=Works Cited=

1. Wheatley, Phillis. "Phillis Wheatley America's First Black Women Poet." [|www.cvsd.k12.pa.us/]. Oct.-Nov. 776. 23 Oct. 2007 [|http://www.early] america.com/review/winter96/wheatley.html. 2. "Pictures of Phillis Wheatley." http://www.topicsites.com/phillis-wheatley/pictures-phillis-wheatley.htm.23 oct. 2007 <[|http://www.topicsites.com/phillis-wheatley/pictures-phillis-wheatley.htm.23>.] 3. Wheatley, Phillis. "A Revolutionary Poet." __Phillis Wheatley A Revolutionary Poet__. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group's PowerPlus Books, 2003. 4. Phillis Wheatley High School. "__Welcome to the New Wheatley__." Phillis Wheatley High School. 23 Oct. 2007 [|http://hs.houstonisd.org/wheatleyHS/pictures/.]