THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

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    THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

  • 1831

    1831

    CYRUS MCCORMICK INVENTS MECHANICAL REAPER
  • 1837

    1837

    SAMUEL F.B. MORSE PATENTS ELECTROMAGNETIC TELEGRAPH
  • 1838

    1838

    US ARMY MARCHES THE CHEROKEE INDIANS OF GEORGIA ON "TRAIL OF TEARS" TO OKLAHOMA
  • 1846

    1846

    MEXICAN WAR BEGINS
  • 1848

    1848

    SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK, HOSTS WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION
  • 1850

    1850

    THE SCARLET LETTER IS PUBLISHED BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
  • 1851

    1851

    MOBY DICK IS PUBLISHED BY HERMAN MELVILLE
  • 1852

    1852

    HARRIET BEECHER STOWE PUBLISHES UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
  • 1855

    1855

    WALT WHITMAN PUBLISHES THE FIRST EDITION OF LEAVES OF GRASS
  • 1858

    1858

    THE LINCOLN DOUGLASS DEBATES
  • 1859

    1859

    CHARLES DARWIN CREATES THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION IN THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
  • 1860

    1860

    ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ELECTED AS THE 16TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
  • 1861

    1861

    THE CIVIL WAR BEGINS
  • 1865

    1865

    ROBERT E. LEE GENERAL OF THE SOUTH SURRENDERS TO ULYSSES S. GRANT GENERAL OF THE NORTH