Massachusetts in the Industrial Revolution

The atlas holds 4 people and 6 moments here, from 1788 to 1835. The most recorded lives are Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Adams and Henry David Thoreau.

Notable people

  1. Alexander Hamilton

    in 1800

    1 moment here

    American statesman, lawyer, revolutionary officer, constitutional convention delegate, and first U.S. secretary of the treasury.…

  2. Henry David Thoreau

    in 1817

    1 moment here

    American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher associated with transcendentalism. Thoreau lived chiefly in and around Concord, Massachusetts,…

  3. John Adams

    in 1788

    1 moment here

    American lawyer, revolutionary leader, diplomat, first vice president of the United States, and second U.S. president.…

  4. Ralph Waldo Emerson

    from 1834 to 1835

    3 moments here

    American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, Unitarian minister, poet, abolitionist, and leading figure in Transcendentalism.…

Moments

  1. 1788 Returned to Massachusetts John Adams
  2. 1800 New England electoral tour Alexander Hamilton
  3. 1817 Birth in Concord Henry David Thoreau
  4. 1834 Moves to Concord Ralph Waldo Emerson
  5. 1835 Concord bicentennial lecture Ralph Waldo Emerson
  6. 1835 Moves into Concord home Ralph Waldo Emerson

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