Romanticism By deas_44 1825 Era of Good Feelings ends Period: 1831 to 1850 Trail of Tears 1833 First public library is established 1836 Ralph Emerson starts Transcendental club 1837 Victorian Era Begins 1838 The telegraph is publicly demonstrated Period: 1840 to 1880 Manifest Destiny 1844 First real telegraph is sent. "What God hath wrought!" 1844 Potato famine in Ireland causes massive immigration 1846 Thoreau protest Mexican-American war. He is arrested. 1846 Oregon territory is split between U.K. and US Period: 1846 to 1848 Mexican-American War 1848 Gold Rush starts 1848 Mexican Cession 1849 Civil Disobedience is published 1850 The Scarlet Letter is published 1851 Moby Dick is published 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin is published 1852 The Republican Party is founded 1853 Gasden Purchase 1854 Walden is published 1855 Leaves of Grass is published 1857 Panic of 1857. Economic Recession 1857 Dred Scott decision 1858 Darwin's theories are first discussed 1860 Lincoln Elected 1863 Emancipation Proclomation