Amelia Bloomer Historical importance: Amelia Bloomer was a very important historic figure. When Amelia bloomer got married in 1840 she started her own newspaper in Homer‚ New York‚ and called it the Lily. Amelia started publishing articles on defending women’s comfort of clothing. Everybody thought this idea was insane but eventually Amelia got her wish. Named after her‚ the bloomers were created. This made a big difference in Women’s rights because the women did not have to wear their ridiculous
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princess. Both her father and grandfather died in 1820‚ the year her uncle became King George IV. When George died without issue in 1830‚ Victoria stood to reign the throne after the daughter of her second royal uncle‚ King William IV‚ died in infancy. William himself died in 1837‚ and the eighteen-year-old princess became Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland on June twenty that year. Victoria was a virgin queen until February 10‚ 1840‚ when day she married her cousin‚ Prince Albert of
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Events Leading To the American Civil War Of 1861 As one of the most notable historical event in the world‚ the American Civil War of 1861 is the most studied conflicts across the globe. The motivations and events that led to this war can be analyzed from the social‚ political and economic aspects. However‚ political compromises from different party persuasions and state interest led to the inevitable event of a national civil war. According to experts‚ up to 10 events and situations directly made
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Reconstruction has changed the United States tremendously‚ the historic period was a period after the Civil War. It was the effort to unite African Americans and whites‚ establish privileges to former slaves‚ and establish citizenship to African Americans as well. However‚ the Reconstruction Act was a triumph as it created new Amendments and new constitutions for confederate states. It came to an end which brought about different issues‚ for example‚ segregation and Jim Crow Laws were in full effect
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David W. "The Settlement and Growth of the Colonies‚" in Stanley L. Engerman and Robert E. Gallman (eds.)‚ The Cambridge Economic History of the United States. New York: Cambridge University Press‚ 1996. Goldin‚ Claudia. Urban Slavery in the South‚ 1820-1860. Chicago: University of Chicago Press‚ 1976. Gray‚ Ralph‚ and Betty Wood. "The Transition from Indentured to Involuntary Labor in Colonial Georgia‚" Explorations in Economic History 13 (October 1976): 353-70. Hodges‚ Graham Russell. Slavery and
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The period I chose to focus on was the Antebellum Period of 1789-1812. From this period the three things I chose to touch upon were the Cotton Gin‚ Early Industrialization and the Rise in Manufacturing in the North‚ and the canal system during the Antebellum Period in American history. This period is considered to be the period right before the civil war and after the War of 1812. It was described by the rise of abolition and the gradual polarization of the country between abolitionists and supporters
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Opium war From the 18th century Asia became a victim of European imperialism. By the 19th century Britain had acquired control over India and Burma and France controlled indo-china and the Dutch gained stronghold in Indonesia. By this time USA along with other European nations began paying serious attention towards eastward nations like china and Japan. Their aim was to open these Asian nations as a field for their economic expansion. Predominant in trade between the western countries and
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1607 Jamestown Va founded Virginia company founded by Captain John Smith. 1620 Mayflower Compact Plymouth founded 1619 House of Burgesses founded 1628 John Winthrop 1622 John Rolfe 1630 MA Bay Colony founded by John Winthrop 1632 Pequot war starts 1634 Maryland Colony founded 1636 Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams expelled 1637 Anne Hutchinson expelled 1638 Pequot war ended 1651 Navigation Act 1649 Maryland Toleraction Act 1639 Fundamental Orders of CT 1675 King Philips War
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1. The Changing American Population 1. The American Population‚ 1820-1840 • The population increased rapidly • Much of it was moving from the countryside into the industrializing cities of the NE and NW • Much of it was migrating westward • Pop growth was due to improvements in public health and high birth rates • Immigration‚ choked off by wars in Europe and economic crises in America‚ contributed little to the American population in the first 3 decades of the 19th cent but revived beginning
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Westward Expansion ● By 1840‚ 1/3 of all Americans would be living in the “West”. ● With more land available‚ the federal govt.’s brutal put down of Natives‚ and a boom in agricultural prices after 1812‚ most migrants desired a better version of life than in the East. Pioneers desired security‚ often migrating in families and to places where they hoped to find familiar faces. (eg: created Vermontville in Michigan) ● Most settlers in the 1820s settled near rivers‚ as they depended
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