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American Revolution 1765 - 1783
The 13 colonies free themselves from British Rule -
1803 The Louisiana Purchase
President Thomas Jefferson expanded the country in which became the frontier in which people were the first to see this great country. -
1819- Washington Irving writes Rip Van Winkle
One of the first popular stories of American Romanticism -
1820- Washington Irving writes The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
One of the first Gothic books of American Romanticism -
Late 1820s Transcendentalism is developed
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1837 - Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote Twice Told Tales
A collection of short stories -
1839- Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Fall of the House of Usher
American Gothicism started to make an impact with Poe being considered the father of Gothicism -
1841- Ralph Waldo Emerson writes Essays: First Series
includes "History", "Self-Reliance", "Compensation", "Spiritual Laws", "Love", "Friendship", "Prudence", "Heroism", "The Over-Soul", "Circles", "Intellect" and "Art" -
1843 - Harriet Beecher Stowe writes The Mayflower
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1844 - Margaret Fuller writes Summer on the Lakes
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1844- Second Series of Essays written by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Included in the Second Series were
"The Poet", "Experience", "Character", "Manners",
"Gifts", "Nature", "Politics",
"Nominalist and Realist", and "New England Reformers -
1845- Margaret Fuller writes Woman in the Nineteenth Century
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1845 - Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Raven
One of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous works is written -
1848 - Women's Right Movement Starts
Women want their rights and to be equal to men -
1849 - Henry David Thoreau writes Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau wrote one of his most popular books -
1850 - Nathaniel Hawthorne writes The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter is one of Nathaniel Hawthorne's most famous works. -
1850 - Edgar Allan Poe has The Pit and the Pendulum released
This story was released after he died in 1849. -
1850 - The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe is released
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1851 - Nathaniel Hawthorne writes The House of the Seven Gables
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1851 - Herman Melville writes Moby Dick
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1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe writes Uncle Tom's Cabin
Was one of the best books written about Slavery. -
1852- Nathaniel Hawthorne writes The Blithedale Romance
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1854 - Henry David Thoreau wrote Walden
About his time at Walden pond. -
1860 - Realism period starts to appear
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1860 - Nathaniel Hawthorne writes The Marble Faun
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1861 - 1865 Emily Dickinson's Career
This time period was when Emily Dickinson had her most creative spark in her career and produced over 500 poems. Her poems had major themes of Romanticism -
1863 - Louisa May Alcott writes Hospital Sketches
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1865 - Civil War Ends
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1869 - 1870 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is written
One of the more famous writings by Louisa May Alcott is written
