3.11 Developing an American Identity

Charles Wilson Peale, Pierre-Charles L'Enfant, Gilbert Stuart

social change

• abolition of aristocratic titles, confiscation of large Loyalist estates

• separation of church and state, disestablishment (churches losing state support)

• regional differences (e.g. slavery)

political change

development of political parties (Federalist and Democratic-Republican)

cultural change

• expansion of newspapers in the 1700s - communication and source for political discussion

• Charles Wilson Peale - opened the U.S.’s first art gallery

• Pierre Charles L’Enfant - developed design of D.C.

• Gilbert Stuart - painted the nation’s leaders

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