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Find three instances in which wheatley indicates a relationship between god and the american cause.

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Answer:

1) Wheatly invokes God's heavenly choir to proclaim America's cause.

2) In line 7 she writes of " heaven's revolving light"

3) In line 32 she writes of America as "the land of freedom's heaven- defined race."

Step-by-step explanation:

Phyllis Wheatley was the First Female African American Poet. When she was between the ages of 7 to 8 years , she was sold into slavery from West Africa and to North America where she was bought by the Wheatley family.

Phyllis Wheatley wrote a combination of poems titled Poems on Various Subjects and Religious and Moral.

In the poem Wheatley indicates Wheatley indicates a relationship between God and the American cause.

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- driven goddess

- Bound with olive and laurel branches.

- having golden hair.

Step-by-step explanation:

Showing elegance and control like the gods.

Olive and laurel branches depicts peace and victories won in their numerous battles

Golden hair depicts God's granting Americans a land of opportunities.

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