... the ways people viewed the universe. Scientific investigation seemed to show that the universe was organized according to certain unchanging laws, and that people could discover those laws through the use of their reason. This new belief then combined common sense with ideas from European thinkers. From this mixtures of outlooks came a very triumphant time in American life, encouraging writers such as ... INDEPENDENCE. The AMERICAN ROMANTICISM PERIOD existed from 1783-1886. The romantic sensibility was hard to define because it was a movement that went beyond national, chronological, an...

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