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Enlightenment
In the Enlightenment period there was two parts which contained Pilgrims and religon, and Patriots and politics. In the beginning the Anglican church of England was seperated. Then the American Revoulution began, thus the Patriotism increased. -
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The Age of Faith
The Age of Faith involved Puritans and Pilgrims. Especially the seperation from the Anglican Church of England. Since religion dominated their lives and what they wrote. The believed in hard work and simple lifestyles. -
New World
John Smith reaches the New World and docks on the Virgina Coast -
First Settlement
John Smith landed in Jamestown, which becomes the first settlement in the United States -
Puritans
The Puritans find a stable settlement, Plymouth Rock, also known as the first solid land the Pilgrims walked on. -
Mayflower Compact
When the Puritans established their first settlement in Plymouth, they decided they needed some kind of goverment. Thus, the Mayflower Compact. It established a goverment, and legal structure. -
Incorporation
York, Massachusetts becomes the first incorporated city in America. -
Seperation of Religion
The constitution of the General Assembly of Rhode Island is prepared. It seperates the church from the state. -
Slavery
slavery is legalized -
Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet publishes a poem, "To my Dear and loving Husband." -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem which hunts, was created from preaching. It was a series of hearings and prosecutions against the beliefs of witch craft -
Ben Franklin
Ben Franklin publishes, "Poor Richards Almanack." -
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The Age of Reason
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The Boston Massacre
British soliders fired into a Boston mob, it was a street fight. This later contributed to the start of the Revoulutionary War. -
The Boston Tea Party
The East India Company, sold surplus tea to America at a low cost. This annoyed the Americans, thus the Boston Tea Party emptyed the tea. Another step to the Revoulutionary War. -
Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia, protesting the Intolerable Acts -
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine publishes the pamphelt, "Common Sense." In this pamphlet he persuaded the people to have the ability and right to become a free nation, with democracy. -
America gained Independence
The Declaration of Independence was approved. -
Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights is passed out to states -
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Romanticism
This period of time marked the reaction in literature, philosophy, art, religion, and politics from Neoclassicism. Romanticism involevd a romantic mood a psychological desire to escape from the unpleasant realities. -
The World Population Esclades
The population increase to 1 billion people in the World. -
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The Transcendentalists
This movement stresses individualism, instinctive, nature, and self reliance. Instead of the rational or logical thinking, their became the means for a conscious union of a individual psyche with a oversoul, life force, or a God. -
Slave Boats are Illegal
The Supreme Court decides that s lave ship full of Africans who were captured from their home, and is now bound to slavery is illegal. -
Edgar Allen Poe
Edgar Allen Poe publishes a famous work called, "The Raven." -
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne publishes, "The Scarlet Letter." -
U.S. Declares War on Mexico
The United States declares war on Mexico. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes, "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Her book was contributed to the start of the Civil War. -
Henry David Thoreau
Henry Thoreau completed his book about his life living at the Walden pond called, "Walden." -
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman publishes his never ending book,"Leaves of Grass." -
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Realism
The use of a sense of fact or the actual. Something that represents reality; which happens to be represented by the middle class. It is also viewed as nature as a powerful and indifferent force beyond man's control. -
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Naturalism(Sub Genre of Realism)
Like Realism but a deeper, darker view of the world. The universe is unpredictable; fate is determined by chance; and free will is learned to just be an illusion. Peoples lives are shaped by forces they cannot understand and nor can they control. -
Thirteenth Amendment
The 13th Amendment is took into action, thus abolishing slavery. -
Mark Twain
Mark Twain publishes, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." -
Jack London
Jack London publishes a famous work , "The Call of the Wild." -
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Modernism
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WWI Ends
The Treaty of Versailles is signed thus, ending WWI -
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The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a celebration of African American culture. It was widely expressed literature, art, music, and dance. After this movement ended there was lasting, postive effects that have come from it. Like the social, intellectual, and social climated of African Americans. -
Women Suffrage
Women gain the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the United States constitution grants suffrage. -
E.E. Cummings
E.E. Cummings publishes his poem, "Tulips and Chimneys." -
Scott F. Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby
Scott F. Fitzgerald publishes, "The Great Gatsby." Although it was not as popular in his time, it becomes widely popular in the future. -
The Start of the Great Depression
The stock market crashes, this affects millions of people throughout the United States, even people outside of America. The stock market crash beccomes to be known as the worst depression in the nation. -
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Contemporary Literature
Contemporary Literature is literature that is made in the present. So it has involved current day references. This literature also has present writing styles. -
America's involved in WWII
America openly declares there neutrality with Europe after WWII has officially started when Germany invaded Poland. -
The attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, destroying naval bases and killing at least 1,500 people on board them. This traumatic event led the United States into WWII -
War on Japan
The United States declares war on Japan -
War on Germany and Italy
United States declare war on Germany and Italy. -
D-Day
Also known as the Invasion of Normandy, Is when more than 10 allied forces including the United States stormed the beaches of Normandy, France then continued with invading Europe. -
Langston Hughes publishes a major work
Langston Hughes publishes, "A Dream Deferred." Hughes was widely popular in the Harlem Renaissance. -
J.D. Salinger
J.D. Salinger publishes a major work called, "Cathcer in The Rye." -
Color Rights
Racial seggregation in schools are declared unconsitutional -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
Martin Luther King Junior, a Civil Rights leader, is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee while standing on a motel balcony.
