Transcendentalism was an American literary, philosophical, and political movement in New England in the early 19thcentury. Transcendentalism was the belief in spiritual or transcendental truths beyond sense perception and material… Read more »
The mid-19thcentury has often been described as an “American Renaissance” of literature due to the large number of literary masterpieces created during this time. Sometimes referred to as the New… Read more »
Located at the Danvers State Hospital in Danvers, Massachusetts, is a cemetery containing the graves of patients who died at the hospital. The people buried there are believed to be… Read more »
A number of countries, as well as Native American tribes, took part in the War of 1812. Each side joined for different reasons. For some it was to assert their… Read more »
The actual causes of the War of 1812 are difficult to determine, in part because much of the wartime propaganda obscured the true causes. That being said, most historians don’t… Read more »