Early National Period

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Early National Period
1775-1828
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The Early National Period
The Early National Period procured its name due
to the era which it took place. This time period
covered the Revolutionary War as well as the
birth of a nation and its youngest years
developing a system of government. This period
has allowed the United States of America to grow
into a super power of the World.
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Authors/Prominent People

• Royall Tyler (1757-1826)
• William Dunlap (1766-1839)
• J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur (1735-1813)
• Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
• Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
• Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
• Philip Freneau (1752-1832)
• Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784)
• Washington Irving (1783-1859)
• James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851)
• George Washington (1732-1799)

Royal Tyler (top) William Dunlap (bottom)
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Fine Art
Sheraton Style Tub Chair
Empire Style Range
Dining Chair
Louis XV Style Range
Hepplewhite- style chest for drawers from NY
1796-1803, effectively demonstrates the
combination of straight lines and fluid, simple
curves that gives the Hepplewhite designs their
particular charm.
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Fine Art (cont.)
Round Back Armchair
Square Back Armchair
Carver Chair
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Music

• 1798 Hail Columbia
• 1770-1827 Sonata quasi una Fantasia Ludwig Van
  Beethoven
• 1804 The Orphan's Prayer
• 1805 The Rapids (A Canadian Boat Song) 
• 1814 The Star Spangled Banner
• 1825 The Minstrel Knight

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Architecture
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Architecture (cont.)
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Fashion
(1780s) L. Suit in French style LC. Gown in
French style RC. and R. suit and gown
(1800) L. "Shadbelly" coat crepe gown R. muslin
dress
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Fashion (cont.)
High fashion for Women in the 1800s
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Fashion (cont.)
Girl in a red stuff gown c.1730, child in a
printed gown c.1710, Philadelphia, child in a
gown of white damask c.1720, Philadelphia, boy in
a suit of blue silk, 1740, boy in a brown velvet
suit 1760.
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Fashion (cont.)
Boy in a blue ribbed silk suit of 1756 Child in
a buff printed cambric dress of 1760 Child in a
sheer muslin gown 1790 Little girl in cloak, hat
and muff 1780 Young girl in a muslin gown with
white embroidery 1790
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Technology

• Machines and Industrial Techniques
• (1800) Eli Whitney (1765-1825) Credited with the
  introduction of interchangeable parts for
  manufacturing muskets Also the invention of the
  Cotton Gin.
• (1801) Joseph M. Jacquard (1765-1825) Invented a
  loom for figured silk fabrics. William Horrocks
  (1776-1849) developed the power loom.
• (1810) Freidrich Koenig Developed various
  different style presses such as the power-driven
  press and the flatbed press.
• (1807) John Stevens (1749-1838) Designed the fist
  successful screw-propeller steamboat.
• (1814) George Stephenson (1781-1848) Built the
  first locomotive.
• Energy and Power Sources
• (1800) Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) The galvanic
  cell was the first electric battery converting
  chemical energy into electric energy.
• (1802) Oliver Evans (1755-1819) Patented the
  first high-pressure steam engine, originally
  built by Richard Trevithick (1771-1833), in the
  United States.
• (1827) Benoit Fourneyron (1802-1867) Developed
  the first water turbine.