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1812
War of 1812; had the 1812 Overture and Star-Spangled Banner
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1838
Cherokees march the Trail of Tears
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1848
Seneca Falls Convention
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1804
Napoleon crowns himself emperor
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1813
Pride and Prejudice is published by Austen
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1818
Frankenstein is published by Shelly
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1845
Ireland potato famine
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Lost his wife to an infection due to a miscarriage; also wrote Psalm of life and the Tide rises and falls
Longfellow
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descendant of Anne Bradstreet, wrote old ironsides in 1830
OliverWendell Holmes
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After her wife's death in 1853, he couldnt concentrate on any of his work, also wrote The First Snowfall
Lowell
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Born in poverty and a Quaker, he got elected to the Massachusetts State Legislature; wrote Snowbound
Whittier
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fastidious (adj.)
hard to please; demanding
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orator (noun)
a public speaker
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didactic (adj)
instructive
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apathy (noun)
absence of emotion
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acrimony (noun)
great harshness or bitterness
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iconoclastic (adj)
ignoring classic beliefs and traditions
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exonerate (verb)
to clear from guilt or blame
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inherent (adj)
existing as a permanent quality
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patronize (verb)
to be condescending to someone
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larceny (noun)
wrongful taking of possessions
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decorum (noun)
having good manners in speech, dress, etc.
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candor (noun)
freedom from bias
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implacable (adj.)
not to be appeased
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espouse (verb)
to adopt, to Marry
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eclipse (noun)
the interception of one object with another
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deference (noun)
respectful submission to another
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prudent (adj)
wise in practical affairs
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amenable (adj)
willing to answer
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pedantic (adj)
intended to attract other's attention in one's learning
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