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A period or reasoning inspired by the scientific revolution where natural and human laws, how the world works and we are governed were put into place. Also the examination of religion and its importance.
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Puritans and pilgrims seperated from the church of england. Religion controlled their lives and writings. The people believed in hard simple work and no frills in living
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First printing press in new world. Bay Psalm book was the first thing published
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A minister during the enlightenment. Wrote "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God". He viewed god as an angry distant ruler, and man as basic evil.
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The people were no longer restricted by religion, fear, and superstition.They were able to explore their ideas freely. They began the pursuit of knowledge, happiness, and liberty.
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Stamp Act taxing colonists.
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The Age of reason, published in two parts. ONe in 1794 and the other in 1795. It sold very well in America.
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A literary, artistic, and philisopical movement from the people. It is a reaction to neoclassicism with an emphasise on imagination and emotion.
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Abolitionist Movement starts at this time.
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It was a philosophical and literary movement that stressed individualism, nature, intuition, and self reliance. They belived you should within yourself to find the answers in the world around us.
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The Tell-Tale Heart
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Henry David Thoreau was arrested and spent one night in jail for not paying a poll tax.
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The Scarlet Letter
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She wrote "Uncle Toms Cabin" which became one of the most influencial books in the 19th century.
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"Walden or a Life in the Woods" is a guide for life showing how to live wisely.
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"Leaves of Grass " is a collection of 12 poems in Whitmans unusual style.
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Henry David Thoreau and Bronson Alcott go to Massachusetts to meet with Whitman.
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Realism was a reaction against Romanticism. Instead of imagination and emotion they are realistic and ordinary. It does not focus on the fantastic or adventurous.
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Naturalism is a sub-genre of realism that goes further into detail and explantion on the characters actions in the novel. It tells the story as it is and they believe that unavoidalbe factors such as heredity or social/environmental conditions, can help determine a persons life
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Yellowstone National Park opens in this year
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Stephen Crane wrote the novel "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" which was one of the first true Naturalist works.
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The Ford Model T was first marketed in this year.
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Modernism is a break away from tradtion. Unlike the past, experimentation and individualism are now virtues. They have a more negative view and opinion on the characters and world. Machinery and technology were becoming part of the everyday world and due to this new fascination little care was given to the nature and other beings. Itcan be described as capitalist and impersonal.
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The united States enters the first world war. The war has been in action for 3 previous years.
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The enforcement of the the Immigration Act of 1924 begins.
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"The Wasteland" by T.S. Eliot is a prime example of how modernist experimented with form and genre.
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In 1925 "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God.
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Development and improvement of many literary techniques after the World War II period. They are all mixed together along with aspects and ideas from the previous movements.
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"Catcher in the Rye" was a popular novel that explored writing style.
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This marks the date of Mans first step on the moon.