Nation of Nations 3/e Davidson, Gienapp, Heyrman, Lytle, and Stoff
	Online Learning Center

KEY EVENTS

1787 First Shaker commune established

1821 New York constructs first penitentiary: reform of penal system

1824 New Harmony established: Owens’ utopian industrial community

1824-1837 Peak of revivals: Second Great Awakening

1826 James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans published

American Temperance Society founded: social reform

1829 David Walker’s Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World published

1830 Book of Mormon published: founding document of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints

1830-1831 Charles Finney's revival at Rochester

1831 The Liberator established: Garrison outlines new program of abolitionism

1833 American Anti-Slavery Society founded

Oberlin College admits women

1834 Lane Seminary rebellion: college divided over abolition

1835 Abolitionists' postal campaign

1836 Transcendental Club organized

Gag rule passed: stimulates concern over civil liberties

1837 Massachusetts establishes state Board of Education: strengthens educational reform movement

Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers "The American Scholar" address: call for independent national literature

Mount Holyoke Seminary commences classes: first women's college

Elijah Lovejoy killed: anti-abolitionist violence

1838 Sarah Grimké's Letters on the Condition of Women and the Equality of the Sexes published: major document on the origins of feminism

1839 Nauvoo Founded: Mormons settle in Illinois

1840 Schism of American Anti-Slavery Society: abolitionist movement crippled by internal divisions

Liberty Party organized: abolitionists organize

1841 Brook Farm founded: utopian social experiment

1843 Dorothea Dix's report on the treatment of the insane: movement for more humane treatment of the insane

1844 Joseph Smith murdered: conflict arises from distinctive Mormon beliefs and expansion of Nauvoo

Gag rule repealed: major victory for antislavery forces

1846 Mormons abandon Nauvoo: Brigham Young leads group to Utah

1848 Oneida Community established: utopian social experiment

Seneca Falls Convention: beginning of women's rights movement

1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter published

1851 Maine adopts prohibition law: inaugurates drive for similar laws in other states

Herman Melville’s Moby Dick published

1854 Henry David Thoreau’s Walden published

1855 Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass published

Copyright ©1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. Any use is subject to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
McGraw-Hill Higher Education is one of the many fine businesses of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
For further information about this site contact mhhe_webmaster@mcgraw-hill.com.