Transcendentalism

=Transcendentalism Definition:= A philosophy that asserts the primacy of the spiritual and transcendental (experience) over the material and empirical

Powerpoint -
 * =**Values**=
 * Spirituality over materialism
 * Individuals can determine truths with no authority beyond individual conscience
 * These truths are determined in a place of high concentration or a natural environment
 * ==Historical Events==
 * Nov. 17, 1800--US Congress holds session in Washington, DC for first time
 * Lewis and Clark expedition of Western America begins in 1804
 * The War of 1812--US defeats Great Britain
 * Pre-Civil War Era - Peace
 * Indian Removal Act of 1830
 * 1836--"Remember the Alamo"
 * 1838--Trail of Tears
 * 1849--California Gold Rush
 * Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
 * Texas is annexed 1845
 * Mexican War 1846-1848
 * ==Technological Advances/Inventions==
 * Erie Canal begun in 1817 and completed in 1825
 * 1828--B. & O. Railroad
 * 1836--Congress changes patent process and funds a new US Patent Office building
 * 1835--Electrical telegraph invented by Samuel Morse

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 * =====Charles Darwin publishes //The Origin of Species// in 1859=====
 * 1859--Discovery of first oil well in Pennsylvania
 * ==Political and Social Issues==
 * Slavery - free north and enslaved south
 * Indian removal from southern states and western territories
 * 1854--Republican Party formed
 * ==Economic Status==
 * 1835--US is briefly debt free for the only time in history
 * Steel production surges throughout country
 * personal sewing machine and railroads change the way people live
 * ==Popular Interests==
 * Manifest Destiny
 * Westward expansion
 * Make a new life for yourself
 * Inventions, innovations, and technological advances
 * Becoming one with your spirit and environment
 * ==Literature and Major Writers==
 * ====Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, Amos Bronson Alcott, Frederic Henry Hedge, and Theodore Parker====
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 * Thoreau - [[file:Walden.doc]] and Questions: [[file:Economy.doc]][[file:From Where I lived and What I lived For.doc]]
 * Emerson - [[file:Self Reliance.doc]]
 * [[file:Thoreau Quotes-Opening and Own Drum.doc]]
 * ==Other media and artists==
 * Mark Twain