Build Up
Movement which challenged the once common views of the time period.
What is the Englightenment
Defined individualism as “a profound and unshakeable trust in one’s own intuition”
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson
Founded the shakers utopia
Ann lee
A focus on the individual. More specifically that every person is distinct and independent.
What is individualism?
ideologies focusing on the principle of moral values
What is Indivudualism
Believed primary route to truth was intuition
Who is Henry David Thoreau
Founded the Mormons
Joseph Smith
A society in which everyone is equal and united
What is communalism
Claimed that individuals had the right to life, liberty and property
Who is John Locke
Popularized Fourierism, “the social destiny of man, was an immutable force of nature”
Who is Albert Brisbane
Coined the term Individualism
Alexis De Tocqueville
Introduced and popularized Fourierism, launched a Fourierist community
Who is Albert Brisbane
A Protestant Religious Revival in the late 18th to early 19th century
What is the 2nd Great Awakening
Poet, wrote about human suffering
Who is Walt Whitman
Founded the Brook Farm
Who is George Ripely
Communities that were Capitalist, industrialized, had promiscuity and housed many immigrants
what were Urban Communities
The industrialization of cities, developments of railroads and canals and a population shift into cities
What was the Industrial Revolution
Believed in perfectionism, felt it was possible for an individual to become free from sin through religious conversion and will power.
Who is John Humphrey Noyes
Founders of Fruitlands
Who are Charles Lane and Bronson Alcott
Which communities focused on Cmmunalism, Celibacy, Freedom of sin, and Labor
What were Utopian societies