2. Transcendentalism The ideas of the transcendentalists still are very evident in society today. Letting nature fuel us and that it is vital to life Believe in yourself and be confident Be a free thinker, explore knowledge and ask questions Self reliance and responsibility for one's own actions Be yourself because no one can be YOU better than YOU

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson Wrote The American Scholar, Self-Reliance Part of the Transcendentalist movement His philosophies helped to shape the mid-19th century New Thought Movement Was an abolitionist Lived in Concord Mass

4. Henry David Thoreau Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Gardener Wrote Civil Disobedience, Walden Famously spent a night in jail for refusing to pay his taxes Is sometimes cited as an inspiration for anarchists Conducted experiments in simple living Part of the Transcendentalist movement

6. Edgar Allan Poe Wrote The Raven and other stories and poems Best known for intense, dark stories Linked to Horror fiction, and Romanticism Was partially inspired in his later writings after the death of his15-year- old wife

7. Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables Part of the (Dark) Romantic Movement Wrote mainly short stories Many of his stories were set in New England Puritan society Though married to a Transcendentalist, later writings revealed criticisms of the movement

8. Lots of emphasis on the natural beauty of the United States

9. The Hudson River School An American art movement Created by a group of landscape painters Heavily influenced by Romantic style Was not an actual school, but a group of people with a common creative vision meant to inspire each other Venerated in America’s natural beauty, along with contemporary American Writers

10. Most famous painters Thomas Cole-part of Hudson River School- painted American landscapes John James Audubon Painted mainly birds and other American animals