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vote and to own property. In 1837, the first women’s college was established in Massachusetts.
The slavery issue. Slavery existed together with the anti-
Early Romantic Period
What is Romanticism?
It is a complex artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe. The movement redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world.
social issues
The new lifestyle. The pursuit of simplicity, utility and perfection remained an American characteristic.
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Pursuit of new belief
Democracy and political equality became the ideals of the new nation.
The age of Common man, the egalitarian belief
Education
Wide distribution of periodicals, more and more native American writers:Poe,Melville,Hawthorne, Thoreau, Emerson, and Whitman
The largest group of forty-niners in 1849 were Americans
FORTY-NINERS IN THE GOLD RUSH
the Louisiana Purchase transfers
social issues
The woman’s issue. Some women asked for their rights to
slavery conceptions. It was with the help of thousands of slaves that the expansion of the economy became possible. In 1833, the American Anti-Slavery Society was established.
education This is a period of foreign influences
Growth and expansion
increasing Population, In 1810, the population totaled 7,000,000. Fifty-years later, at the beginning of Civil War, the population reached 31,000,000. A new nationalism emerged as a result of this sudden influx of immigration.
Spreading industrialization filled people with optimism.
Pushing frontier
Growth and expansion
1803, The Louisiana Purchase
1830s, a series of wars against native Americans
the Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey
Historical Background
This is a period of rapid growth and rapid expansion
This is a period of the discussion of social issues This is a period of the pursuit of new belief This is a period of the development of
What is Romanticism?
Intellectually it marked a violent reaction to the Age of Enlightenment. Politically it was inspired by the revolutions in America and France and wars of independence in Poland, Spain, Greece, and elsewhere. Emotionally it expressed an extreme assertion of the self and the value of individual experience. Socially it championed progressive causes.
1846—1848, war against Mexico
1848, discovery of gold in California, thus the Gold Rush The discovery of gold in California in 1848 brought about a Gold Rush, which further pushed the frontier to the end. As a result, an unprecedented optimistic attitude was prevailing among people.
The slavery issue. Slavery existed together with the anti-
Early Romantic Period
What is Romanticism?
It is a complex artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe. The movement redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world.
social issues
The new lifestyle. The pursuit of simplicity, utility and perfection remained an American characteristic.
来自百度文库
Pursuit of new belief
Democracy and political equality became the ideals of the new nation.
The age of Common man, the egalitarian belief
Education
Wide distribution of periodicals, more and more native American writers:Poe,Melville,Hawthorne, Thoreau, Emerson, and Whitman
The largest group of forty-niners in 1849 were Americans
FORTY-NINERS IN THE GOLD RUSH
the Louisiana Purchase transfers
social issues
The woman’s issue. Some women asked for their rights to
slavery conceptions. It was with the help of thousands of slaves that the expansion of the economy became possible. In 1833, the American Anti-Slavery Society was established.
education This is a period of foreign influences
Growth and expansion
increasing Population, In 1810, the population totaled 7,000,000. Fifty-years later, at the beginning of Civil War, the population reached 31,000,000. A new nationalism emerged as a result of this sudden influx of immigration.
Spreading industrialization filled people with optimism.
Pushing frontier
Growth and expansion
1803, The Louisiana Purchase
1830s, a series of wars against native Americans
the Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey
Historical Background
This is a period of rapid growth and rapid expansion
This is a period of the discussion of social issues This is a period of the pursuit of new belief This is a period of the development of
What is Romanticism?
Intellectually it marked a violent reaction to the Age of Enlightenment. Politically it was inspired by the revolutions in America and France and wars of independence in Poland, Spain, Greece, and elsewhere. Emotionally it expressed an extreme assertion of the self and the value of individual experience. Socially it championed progressive causes.
1846—1848, war against Mexico
1848, discovery of gold in California, thus the Gold Rush The discovery of gold in California in 1848 brought about a Gold Rush, which further pushed the frontier to the end. As a result, an unprecedented optimistic attitude was prevailing among people.