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The two history textbooks I have read on this topic are a little vague. The American Pageant 15th edition mentions how the Embargo Act under Thomas Jefferson and the War of 1812 kickstarted domestic manufacturing (most of the population was on the East Coast at the time, so the maritime industries such as shipbuilding and whaling previously dominated the colonial economies outside of the South ...
5 days ago · Realigning America by R. Hal Williams The presidential election of 1896 is widely acknowledged as one of only a few that brought about fundamental realignments in American politics. New voting patterns replaced old, a new majority party came to power, and national policies shifted to reflect new realities. R.
- Erika Harris
- 2011
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6 days ago · In 1879, Thomas Alva Edison invented the first practical incandescent electric light in his Menlo Park, New Jersey, laboratory, ushering in an era driven by electricity. This work takes a look at this achievement, examining how the lightbulb was partly responsible for transforming the country's agrarian economy into the modern industrial economy.
4 days ago · Child labor was rampant. Source: History, Image: Wikipedia. It’s a well-known fact about the Industrial Revolution that working conditions were poor and hazardous – and that child labor was common. It’s estimated that 1 in 5 textile workers in Britain were younger than 15 years old during the early 1860’s. 9.
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2 days ago · The American Revolution was an insurrection carried out by 13 of Great Britain ’s North American colonies that began in 1775 and ended with a peace treaty in 1783. The colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America. The war followed more than a decade of growing estrangement between the British crown and ...
3 days ago · Great Divergence. Maddison's estimates of GDP per capita at purchasing power parity in 1990 international dollars for selected European and Asian nations between 1500 and 1950, [1] showing the explosive growth of Western Europe and Japan in the 19th century. The Great Divergence or European miracle is the socioeconomic shift in which the ...
