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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
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1831
CYRUS MCCORMICK INVENTS MECHANICAL REAPER -
1837
SAMUEL F.B. MORSE PATENTS ELECTROMAGNETIC TELEGRAPH -
1838
US ARMY MARCHES THE CHEROKEE INDIANS OF GEORGIA ON "TRAIL OF TEARS" TO OKLAHOMA -
1846
MEXICAN WAR BEGINS -
1848
SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK, HOSTS WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION -
1850
THE SCARLET LETTER IS PUBLISHED BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE -
1851
MOBY DICK IS PUBLISHED BY HERMAN MELVILLE -
1852
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE PUBLISHES UNCLE TOM'S CABIN -
1855
WALT WHITMAN PUBLISHES THE FIRST EDITION OF LEAVES OF GRASS -
1858
THE LINCOLN DOUGLASS DEBATES -
1859
CHARLES DARWIN CREATES THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION IN THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES -
1860
ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ELECTED AS THE 16TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES -
1861
THE CIVIL WAR BEGINS -
1865
ROBERT E. LEE GENERAL OF THE SOUTH SURRENDERS TO ULYSSES S. GRANT GENERAL OF THE NORTH