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Early American Art was brought by American's from Europe..

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Some Americans liked classical European tunes, while others listened to rowdy (and usually racist) fiddle tunes.

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People in the United States during this time were extremely proud of their country.

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Ordinary people produced many kinds of folk art.

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Ordinary people produced many kinds of folk art.

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In Early America, music was just starting to become a thing, one of the things that racist white people did was make fun of Black Spirituals and their dialect.

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early american live was about politics and agriculture and trade and things we don't care about, but Americans only started feeling American after the poem the defense of fort McHenry and then there was more art and music and stuff that came after that, that also made people feel that way.

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Music was heard mostly in church. As it became more popular it was heard in more places. In the South slaves mixed in music to spiritual dances. It was also heard in ballrooms where dances such as the waltz was performed.

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Old tunes turned into new songs, changing the lyrics

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some of the americans liked classical music

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Musical styles began to develop in Early America along with literature. People in the north tended to have more of a classical style while Slaves in the south mixed church songs with their own styles. People on the frontier invented square dancing which was slightly less formal. Also people began to create stories and poems giving america more of it's unique culture.

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The music started being sung in church but the expanded and few songs were sung everywhere and became well known

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the people liked old tunes with new lyrics. they also liked classical music

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mostly heard in churches

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Many Americans listened to it

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It was considered daring for a woman to show her ankles

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early american like to listing to classical music cuz

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the old tune turned into music

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Slaves played violins, drums, and banjo to entertain

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composers were inspired by the music of black slaves

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The first American novelist was James Fenimore Cooper

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music is heard in chruch

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In the eyes of Europeans, the United States was a culturally backward nation.