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T. 46 THE HISTORICAL CONFIGURATION OF THE USA - Coggle Diagram
T. 46 THE HISTORICAL CONFIGURATION OF THE USA
1. INTRODUCTION
War of Independence :crossed_swords:
2. THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
Conflict: last war :flag-fr: :flag-gb: 1689-1763
London gov:
Minor adm. reforms
Share costs of the colonies
Attention only to militar situation
7 years' War (1756-1763) guerrilla attacks :crossed_swords:
Situation in the colonies
Middle: economic prosperity but social and political friction
Lower south: booming in economy but hostile and strong
Upper south: everything awry
New England: socially and politically +/- calm but economically depressed
Sugar Act 1764
Stamp Act 1765
Declaratory Act 1766
Townshend Acts 1767
By mid 1760s division and objection acts
Bubble burst 1772
Tea Act & Boston Tea Party 1773
Intolerable Acts 1774
Continental Congress 1775
Declaration of Independence by Jefferson 1776
Strong central gov in mid and lower south colonies
Republicans New England and Virginia
Republicans 1776-1780
Articles Confederation 1777-1781
Treaty of Paris 1782
Crisis 1786-1787
3. THE CONSTITUTION
General convention 1787
Nationalist Washington and Franklin
Monarchist Dickinson and Hamilton
National gov and division of powers
Constitution 1787
1st President Washington 1788
Bill of Rights 1791
Republicans Jefferson and Madison vs. Federalist Hamilton
Wars of the French Revolution 1793
The Jay Treaty 1795
John Adams 1797
Thomas Jefferson 1800
Purchase of Louisiana 1803
James Madison 1809
War with England 1812-1814
James Monroe 1816
4. THE CIVIL WAR
Economy growth 1812
W: new centres production :pig2: :corn:
NE: manufacture IR
S: cotton production and slavery
Deterioration national unity 1820-50
The Liberator
1831
Abolition slavery North :forbidden:
Slavery vs freedom 1850
Abraham Lincoln 1860
Confederate States America 1861
Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 1862
Confederacy defeated 1864-65
Andrew Johnson 1865
5. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 1804-64
Salem, Custom House
The Scarlet Letter
1850 :star:
Story of adultery in the late 17thc. Puritan and Colonial America
Local references :unamused: Hawthorny by Salem
Great sense of form; plot gives unity; action slow but holds interest
Style: literary, classic but direct, clear and firm
Moral insight: original sin from Puritan tradition
:forbidden: Narrowness, intolerance and cruelty Puritans
Nature of man from Romanticism reflected in Hester
Symbolism: everything has a larger meaning
6. STEPHEN CRANE 1871-1900
New Jersey, Free-lanced literary career
Maggie: a Girl of the Streets
1893
The Red Badge of Courage
1895 :star:
Story of a unnamed Civil War battle, man find reality amid conflict
Horror and psychological aspects of war without glory
Henry Fleming every-soldier
Courage and heroism in war is unnatural
Praised by veterans
His last years chaotic, war correspondent and short stories
Episodes of life for short stories
The Blue Hotel
trip to :flag-mx:
The Little Regiment
Civil War
The Open Boat and other Tales of Adventure
War correspondent
Shape colourful settings, dramatic action and ironic explorations of human nature and destiny
7. CONCLUSION
War of Independence - Civil War
The Scarlet Letter
tragic note in AmLi
The Red Badge of Courage
life at rawest
Hawthorne and Crane moral POV