1. Introduction Much of the debate about the de-industrialising impact of colonial rule focused on the experience of India. Even though recent studies offer a different understanding of industrialisation and underdevelopment in India (Roy 2004: 233-34)‚ the belief that India suffered ‘de-industrialisation’ and that the experience can be extrapolated to other Asian countries‚ including Indonesia. There are several problems in any quantification of the production and consumption of cotton
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Sam White APUSH 2 Timeline Colonial Era (1620-1763) 1. 1620 Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock 1.1. Mayflower Compact agrees to submit to will of the majority 1.2. Earliest democracy from puritan roots 2. 1691 Glorious (Bloodless Revolution) 2.1. Lead to Salutary Neglect 2.2. Allowed independence to flourish 3. 1670 Bacon’s Rebellion 3.1. Former indentured servants revolt 3.2. Early instance of class warfare 3.3. Indentured servitude begins to die off as popularity of slavery rises
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Polk made his life in the wilds of Tennessee as a capable lawyer and ambitious politician. Under the guidance of the influential planter-politician Andrew Jackson‚ Polk rose quickly in Democratic ranks and Southern social circles. In the 1820s and 1830s‚ as Jackson and Martin Van Buren forged a modern partisan organization out of Jefferson’s loose Democratic coalition‚ Polk served in the United States House of Representatives‚ seeing to the Democratic agenda with impressive diligence. In December
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wide to be mended by compromises alone. During the early 1800s‚ Americans were optimistic about fixing the slavery issue by passing laws and bills that satisfied both the North and South‚ but they were proved largely ineffective. It seems that sectionalism had begun to overcome nationalism. Northerners tended to not only disagree with themselves having to comply with fugitive slave laws and with slavery being legal in new states‚ but also with the South being allowed to practice slavery altogether
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Declared war on France 1. 1793 B. Defeated i. Duke of Wellington ii. Waterloo iii. 1815 V) George IV A. Succeeds George III 1. 1830 B. Died from a nervous breakdown 1. He lived with these breakdowns his whole life VI) William IV A. Brother of George IV 1. Ruled from 1830-1837 B. Weak King i. Strong Prime Ministers ii. Lead to civil reforms iii. Labor Unions 1. Freedoms i Economic ii. Religion
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Manifest Destiny This painting (1872) by John Gast called American Progress‚ is an allegorical representation of the modernization of the new west. Here Columbia‚ intended as a personification of the United States‚ leads civilization westward with American settlers‚ stringing telegraph wire as she travels; she holds a school book. The different economic activities of the pioneers are highlighted and‚ especially‚ the changing forms of transportation. The Native Americans and wild animals flee.
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President‚ his supporters (the beginnings of the modern Democratic Party) were resisted by the rival Adams and Anti-Jacksonian factions‚ which later gave rise to the Whigs. More broadly‚ the term refers to the period of the Second Party System (mid 1830s-1854) when Jacksonian philosophy was ascendant as well as the spirit of that era. It can be contrasted with the characteristics of Jeffersonian democracy. Jackson’s equal political policy became known as Jacksonian Democracy‚ subsequent to
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Germain Henri Hess (August 7‚ 1802–November 30‚ 1850) was a Swiss-born Russian chemist and doctor who formulated Hess’s Law‚ an early principle of thermochemistry. Born in Geneva‚ Switzerland‚ his father was an artist and in 1805 moved the family to Russia to find work. Beginning in 1822‚ Hess studied medicine at the University of Tartu. He qualified as a physician in 1825. Hess turned to chemistry after a meeting with Jöns Jakob Berzelius‚ the famous Swedish chemist‚ and went to Stockholm University
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1650 and earlier 1430 Portuguese start voyages down the west coast of Africa 1492 Columbus arrives in Western Hemisphere 1509-1547 Henry VII rules England Protestant reformation begins in England 1558-1603 Reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Ireland conquered by England. 1607 Jamestown founded 1612 Tobacco made a profitable crop by John Rolfe 1619 First group of blacks brought to Virginia First legislative assembly meets in Virginia 1620 First Pilgrims in Plymouth 1622 Indian attacks in Virginia
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the west and provided a means of transporting goods and people across the country. John Stevens‚ the father of American railroads‚ charted the first railroad in 1815. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad was the first completed railroad in the country‚ 1830. Two other significant railroads included the Saratoga‚ which improved trade with the Native Americans‚ and the Transcontinental railroad‚ which was joined by the golden spike. In 1862 the railroad act was passed. Benefits of the railroads included
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