THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

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    THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

  • 1831

    1831
    CYRUS MCCORMICK INVENTS MECHANICAL REAPER
  • 1837

    1837
    SAMUEL F.B. MORSE PATENTS ELECTROMAGNETIC TELEGRAPH
  • 1838

    1838
    US ARMY MARCHES THE CHEROKEE INDIANS OF GEORGIA ON "TRAIL OF TEARS" TO OKLAHOMA
  • 1846

    1846
    MEXICAN WAR BEGINS
  • 1848

    1848
    SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK, HOSTS WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION
  • 1850

    1850
    THE SCARLET LETTER IS PUBLISHED BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
  • 1851

    1851
    MOBY DICK IS PUBLISHED BY HERMAN MELVILLE
  • 1852

    1852
    HARRIET BEECHER STOWE PUBLISHES UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
  • 1855

    1855
    WALT WHITMAN PUBLISHES THE FIRST EDITION OF LEAVES OF GRASS
  • 1858

    1858
    THE LINCOLN DOUGLASS DEBATES
  • 1859

    1859
    CHARLES DARWIN CREATES THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION IN THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
  • 1860

    1860
    ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ELECTED AS THE 16TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
  • 1861

    1861
    THE CIVIL WAR BEGINS
  • 1865

    1865
    ROBERT E. LEE GENERAL OF THE SOUTH SURRENDERS TO ULYSSES S. GRANT GENERAL OF THE NORTH