Key Concepts:
4.1-The US began to develop a modern democracy and celebrated a new national culture, while Americans sought to define the nation's democratic ideals and change their society and institutions to match them.
4.2-Innovations in technology, agriculture, and commerce powerfully accelerated the American economy, precipitating profound changes to US society and to national and regional identities.
4.3-The US interest in increasing foreign trade and expanding its national borders shaped the nation's foreign policy and spurred government and private initiatives.
What in the World?
1800: Napoleon conquers Italy. Robert Owen creates social reforms in England.
1803: Louisiana Purchase.
1804: Haiti declares independence from France.
1807: Robert Fulton makes steamboat trip on Clermont between NYC and Albany.
1814: Napoleon is exiled to Elba and Bourbon king takes the French throne.
1815: war of 1812 ends with the Treaty of Ghent.
1819: Simon Bolivar liberates New Granada from Spain.
1825: First passenger railroad in England.
1833: Slavery is abolished in British Empire.
1836: Boer farmers settle in South Africa. Mexico besieges the Alamo.
1837: Victoria becomes queen of Great Britain.
1839: First Opium War between Britain and China.
1846: US declares war on Mexico. Brigham Young leads Mormons to Salt Lake. Potato famine begins in Ireland.
1848: Revolt in Paris leads to elected president. Revolutions throughout Europe. Karl Marx writes Communist Manifesto. Women's Convention in Seneca Falls, NY.
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4.1-The US began to develop a modern democracy and celebrated a new national culture, while Americans sought to define the nation's democratic ideals and change their society and institutions to match them.
4.2-Innovations in technology, agriculture, and commerce powerfully accelerated the American economy, precipitating profound changes to US society and to national and regional identities.
4.3-The US interest in increasing foreign trade and expanding its national borders shaped the nation's foreign policy and spurred government and private initiatives.
What in the World?
1800: Napoleon conquers Italy. Robert Owen creates social reforms in England.
1803: Louisiana Purchase.
1804: Haiti declares independence from France.
1807: Robert Fulton makes steamboat trip on Clermont between NYC and Albany.
1814: Napoleon is exiled to Elba and Bourbon king takes the French throne.
1815: war of 1812 ends with the Treaty of Ghent.
1819: Simon Bolivar liberates New Granada from Spain.
1825: First passenger railroad in England.
1833: Slavery is abolished in British Empire.
1836: Boer farmers settle in South Africa. Mexico besieges the Alamo.
1837: Victoria becomes queen of Great Britain.
1839: First Opium War between Britain and China.
1846: US declares war on Mexico. Brigham Young leads Mormons to Salt Lake. Potato famine begins in Ireland.
1848: Revolt in Paris leads to elected president. Revolutions throughout Europe. Karl Marx writes Communist Manifesto. Women's Convention in Seneca Falls, NY.
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