Unit 4
The Spirit of Nationalism
Declaring Independence, 1710-1850
Authors and Works 162
Overview Questions 162
Learning Objectives 162
Overview 163
Video Overview 164
Discussion Questions for the Video 165
Timeline 166
Author/Text Review 168
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) 168
Questions 169
Web Archive 169
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) 170
Web Archive 170
Questions 171
J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur (1735-1813) 171
Questions 172
Web Archive 172
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) 173
Questions 174
Web Archive 174
Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784) 175
Questions 176
Web Archive 176
Royall Tyler (1757-1826) 177
Questions 178
Web Archive 178
Susanna Rowson (c. 1762-1824) 179
Questions 180
Web Archive 180
William Apess (1798-1839) 181
Questions 162
Web Archive 162
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) 163
Questions 164
Web Archive 164
Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) 185
Questions 187
Web Archive 187
Core Contexts 188
Every Man for Himself: American Individualism 188
Web Archive 189
Questions 190
A New Rome: Neoclassicism in the New Nation 191
Web Archive 192
Questions 193
Mammoth Nation: Natural History and National Ideals 194
Questions 196
Web Archive 196
Extended Contexts 197
The Awful Truth: The Aesthetic of the Sublime 197
Questions 198
Web Archive 198
Miss America: The Image of Columbia 199
Questions 200
Web Archive 200
Assignments 201
Personal and Creative Responses 201
Problem-Based Learning Projects 201
Glossary 202
Selected Bibliography 204
Further Resources 204