Enlightenment Generation
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| Western Generations |
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|---|---|
| Term | Period |
| Awakening Generation | 1701–1723 |
| First Great Awakening | 1727–1746 |
| Liberty Generation Republican Generation Compromise Generation |
1724–1741 1742–1766 1767–1791 |
| Second Great Awakening | 1790–1844 |
| Transcendentalist Generation Transcendental Generation Abolitionist Generation Gilded Generation Progressive Generation |
1789–1819 1792–1821 1819–1842 1822–1842 1843–1859 |
| Third Great Awakening | 1886–1908 |
| Missionary Generation Lost Generation Interbellum Generation G.I. Generation Greatest Generation |
1860–1882 1883–1900 1900–1910 1900–1924 1911–1924 |
| Jazz Age | 1929–1956 |
| Silent Generation Baby Boomers Beat Generation Generation Jones |
1925–1945 1946–1964 1948–1962 1954–1962 |
| Consciousness Revolution | 1964–1984 |
| Baby Busters Generation X MTV Generation |
1958–1968 1963–1978 1975–1985 |
| Culture Wars | 1980s–present |
| Boomerang Generation Generation Y Internet Generation New Silent Generation |
1977–1986 1979–1999 1988–1999 2000–2020 |
According to Strauss and Howe in Generations (book), the Enlightenment Generation, born during the latter quarter of the seventeenth century (1674-1700), was the last generation in the American colonies to have not known the United States of America as a political entity. Born during the chaotic times of the late seventeenth century, it grew up over-protected as the Glorious Revolution raged. Born to late-wave Cavaliers and early-wave Glorious, it was too young to achieve anything during the momentous events of the time, it was too old to participate fully in the religious ferment of the Great Awakening. By the time of the American Revolution and the Constitutional crisis its elderly survivors were too old to participate. This generation lived in the shadows of more powerful members of the Glorious Generation in its childhood and more resolute and often fanatical Awakeners. It is well-defined as an Adaptive generation.
It was a civilized and polished generation, the one whose image is closely linked to colonial Williamsburg, Virginia at its most attractive time, and the last to consider itself more British than American. But it was the weakest generation in American politics even by the standards of the time or later, especially in contrast to its Glorious predecssors and Awakener followers. It has few memorable leaders, in contrast to later and earlier generations. It was in charge during the French and Indian War, a great slaughter of the Liberty Generation, many of that generation their own sons.
This generation has been extinct since the beginning of the 19th century.
Typical grandparents: early-wave Cavaliers Typical parents: late-wave Cavaliers, early-wave Glorious Typical children: Awakening and Liberty Typical grandchildren: Republicans
[edit] Foreign Peers
- 1676 Robert Walpole (1745)
- 1678 Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1711)
- 1678 Antonio Vivaldi (1741)
- 1683 Georg Philipp Telemann (1767)
- 1679 Jan Dismas Zelenka (1745)
- 1683 George II of Great Britain (1760)
- 1683 Jean-Philippe Rameau (1764)
- 1685 George Berkeley (1753)
- 1685 Johann Sebastian Bach (1750)
- 1685 John Gay (1732)
- 1685 George Friedrich Handel (1759)
- 1685 Domenico Scarlatti (1757)
- 1688 Alexander Pope (1744)
- 1694 Voltaire (1778)
- 1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1754)
- 1697 Canaletto (1768)
- 1700 Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1771)
| Preceded by Glorious Generation 1648 – 1673 |
Enlightenment Generation 1674 – 1700 |
Succeeded by Awakening Generation 1701 – 1723 |
