1. Early 19 th Century: American Culture & Identity (1790 – 1820)

2. Cultural Nationalism - Education - The “Virtuous Citizen” - An American form of English - Noah Webster

3. Cultural Nationalism A well-defined American literature  Washington Irving The Sketch Book, 1819-20 “Rip Van Winkle” “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”

4. American Bible Society Founded in 1816

5. Economic Nationalism - Encourage Creativity & Inventiveness. - Support Industrial growth - Pro-Business - Subsidies

6. Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, 1791

7. Whitney’s Gun Factory Interchangeable Parts Rifle

8. Samuel Slater 1st US industrial mill (1790) Manufactured cotton Based on British model 1st US industrial mill (1790) Manufactured cotton Based on British model

9. Factory Production “Outwork System” Factory System Boston Associates Mill Towns Cheap labor Mill girls Lowell, MA “Outwork System” Factory System Boston Associates Mill Towns Cheap labor Mill girls Lowell, MA

10. Lowell, Massachusetts

11. First Turnpike Lancaster, PA (1790) By 1832, nearly 2400 mi. of road connected most major cities.

12. Cumberland “National Road,” 1811

13. Conestoga Covered Wagons Conestoga Trail, 1820s

14. Robert Fulton & the Steamboat (1807) - The Nautilus - The Clermont

15. “King Cotton”

16. Slaves in Georgia c. 1810

17. Early Slave Rebellions Stono Rebellion (1739) Charleston, SC “Cato’s Rebellion” Negro Act of 1740 Illegal education; assembly Haitian Revolution (1791 - 1804) Only successful slave rebellion Gen. Toussaint L’Overture Free autonomous, black state “Inspired” rebellions in US Stono Rebellion (1739) Charleston, SC “Cato’s Rebellion” Negro Act of 1740 Illegal education; assembly Haitian Revolution (1791 - 1804) Only successful slave rebellion Gen. Toussaint L’Overture Free autonomous, black state “Inspired” rebellions in US

18. Early Slave Rebellions Gabriel Prosser (1800) Richmond, VA Skilled blacksmith Betrayed; hanged VA passes laws restricting: –“Hiring Out” –Education, Movement Denmark Vesey (1822) Charleston, SC Slave Conspiracy Kill owners; board ships to Haiti Hysteria?? Gabriel Prosser (1800) Richmond, VA Skilled blacksmith Betrayed; hanged VA passes laws restricting: –“Hiring Out” –Education, Movement Denmark Vesey (1822) Charleston, SC Slave Conspiracy Kill owners; board ships to Haiti Hysteria??