1. American Romanticism

2. Overview Of Literary Time Periods
Puritan/Colonial ( )
Revolutionary/Age of Reason ( )
Romanticism ( )
American Renaissance/ Transcendentalism ( )
Realism ( )
The Moderns ( )
Harlem Renaissance (1920s)
Post-Modernism (1950 to present)
Contemporary (1970s-Present)

3. Review: Puritan/Colonial Period (1650-1750)
Genre/Style :Sermons, religious tracts, diaries, personal narratives, religious poems. It was written in plain style.
Effect/Aspects :Instructive, reinforces authority of the Bible and the church. Very little imaginative literature was produced.
Historical Context :Puritan settlers fled England where they were being persecuted for their religious beliefs, and came to New England to have religious freedom.

4. Review: Revolutionary Period/Age of Reason (1750-1800)
Overview of Revolutionary Period/Age of Reason
Genre/Style :Political Pamphlets, Travel Writing, and highly ornate persuasive writing.
Effect/Aspects :Patriotism and pride grows, creates unity about issues, and creates American character.
Historical Context :Encouraged Revolutionary War support.

5. America establishes its boundaries
Westward Expansion
America establishes its boundaries

6. Big Ideas…
Between 1801 and 1861, exploration was encouraged as America underwent vast territorial expansion and settlement.
Westward migration was influenced by geography and economic opportunity.
Prior to the Civil War, most industrialization in America was in the North; however, the equipment produced in the North had an impact on the farming society in the South.

7. Post-Revolutionary America

8. The Louisiana Purchase
New territories added to the United States after 1801
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson bought land from France (the Louisiana Purchase), which doubled the size of the United States.
In the Lewis and Clark expedition, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.

9. Lousiana Purchase

10. Other Territories Florida Texas Oregon California
Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty.
Texas
Texas was added after it became an independent republic.
Oregon
The Oregon Territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain.
California
War with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States.

11. Florida, Texas, Oregon, California

12. Factors affecting westward expansion
Geographic and economic factors that influenced westward movement
Population growth in the eastern states
Availability of cheap, fertile land
Economic opportunity, e.g., gold (California Gold Rush), logging, farming, freedom (for runaway slaves)
Cheaper and faster transportation, e.g., rivers and canals (Erie Canal), steamboats
Knowledge of overland trails (Oregon and Santa Fe)
Belief in the right of “Manifest Destiny”—The idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country

13. Romanticism (1800-1860) Overview of Romanticism
Genre/Style :Character Sketches, Slave Narratives, Poetry, and short stories.
Effect/Aspects :Integrity of nature and freedom of imagination. Emphasis on emotion and individualism
Historical Context :Publishing expands and industrial revolution brings new ideas.

14. Characteristics of American Romanticism
Values feeling and intuition over reason
Places faith in inner experience and the power of the imagination
Shuns the artificiality of civilization and seeks unspoiled nature
Prefers youthful innocence to educated sophistication
Champions individual freedom and the worth of the individual
Contemplates nature’s beauty as a path to spiritual and moral development

15. Characteristics (continued)
Looks backward to the wisdom of the past and distrusts progress
Finds beauty and truth in exotic locals, the supernatural realm, and the inner world of the imagination
Sees poetry as the highest expression of the imagination
Finds inspiration in myth, legend, and fold culture

16. The Industrial Revolution 1870-1960
Mass production of power and goods

17. The First and Second Industrial Revolutions
The first, or old, Industrial Revolution took place between about 1750 and 1870
Took place in England, the United States, Belgium, and France
Saw fundamental changes in agriculture, the development of factories, and rural-to-urban migration
The second Industrial Revolution took place between about 1870 and 1960
Saw the spread of the Industrial Revolution to places such as Germany, Japan, and Russia
Electricity became the primary source of power for factories, farms, and homes
Mass production, particularly of consumer goods
Use of electrical power saw electronics enter the marketplace (electric lights, radios, fans, television sets)

18. The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Mid-1800s – Great Britain, the world leader in the Industrial Revolution, attempted to ban the export of its methods and technologies, but this soon failed
1812 – United States industrialized after the War of 1812
After 1825 – France joined the Industrial Revolution following the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars
Circa 1870 – Germany industrialized at a rapid pace, while Belgium, Holland, Italy, Sweden, and Switzerland were slower to industrialize
By 1890 – Russia and Japan began to industrialize