First Semester - American Literature Time Line By simsimi Period: Feb 13, 1500 to Feb 13, 1800 Early America Feb 14, 1500 How the world was made Feb 14, 1500 The Sky Tree Feb 14, 1600 The Sacred Earth and the Power of Storytelling Feb 14, 1692 The Crucible Feb 13, 1700 Treaty of Agusta The Britsh & the Cherokee had been trading partners through the 1700's but both fell into debt. in 1773 the Cherokee and were being forced to Feb 13, 1700 The Industrial Revolution Feb 13, 1700 Kinship With Nature Feb 14, 1741 Sinners in the hand of an angry God Feb 13, 1800 Assimilation Feb 13, 1800 Optimism and Individuallism Period: Feb 13, 1800 to Feb 13, 1860 American Romanticism Feb 13, 1820 The Age of Reform Feb 13, 1838 Trail of Tears Feb 14, 1846 Abrham Lincoln was elected and voted agaisnt abolishing slavery Period: Feb 13, 1850 to Feb 13, 1880 The Civil War Era Feb 14, 1850 Native American Mythology Feb 14, 1855 Autobiography of Frederick Douglass Feb 14, 1859 Emily Dickinson writes more than 800 poems Feb 14, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was nominated for President Feb 14, 1863 The Gettysburg Address Feb 14, 1866 Congress passed the Civil Rights and then the 14th Amendment Period: Feb 14, 1880 to Feb 14, 1910 Regionalism and Realism Feb 14, 1894 The Story of an Hour Feb 14, 1899 Kate Chopin's The Awakeening is published