1796
Post-revolutionary American date
1796 is the year following 1795 and preceding 1797.
Like any year, it functions as a noun identifying a point in time: The house was built in 1796.
Years also serve as attributive modifiers: a 1796 vintage, the 1796 election.
U.S. seat of government
- AdamsCommon presidential surname
- JeffersonThird American president
- electionOrganized public voting
- federalistAdvocate for distributed governance
republican · constitution · farewell address · presidency · electoral college · partisan · cabinet · diplomacy
Profound spiritual awakening
- neoclassicismMovement emulating antiquity's forms
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- gothic novelFiction of gloom and mystery
- romanticismEmotional, imaginative worldview
Haydn · rationalism · empiricism · philosophy · Goya · portraiture · satire · pamphlet
Washington
U.S. seat of government
federalist · republican · constitution · farewell address · presidency · electoral college · partisan · cabinet · diplomacy · senate
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- neoclassicismMovement emulating antiquity's forms
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- gothic novelFiction of gloom and mystery
Haydn · romanticism · rationalism · empiricism · philosophy · Goya · portraiture · satire · pamphlet · broadside