What causes contributed to the tripling of the American population between 1860 and 1910 and how did this population growth aid industrialization?

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The population of the United States increased greatly during this period due to Immigration of Europeans and Asians. They were drawn here by the great increase in jobs in industry and the promise of a better life than at home.

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When Adolf Hitler was able to avoid the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles by secretly tripling the German army to what size?

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Why did Rhode Island's slave population triple in the 1700's?

1. Vast estates of from 5,000 to 17,000 acres in "The Unclaimed Lands", a.k.a. "the Narragansett Country", a.k.a. "the Pettaquamscutt Purchase", a.k.a. "The King's Province", and now known as either "South County", or "Washington County, Rhode Island" were obtained by various means, by new colonial owners who stood to make immense profits if they but had the labor to farm their new holdings. When that labor was provided in the form of either indentured or enslaved Native Peoples, and as time went on, Afro slaves, principally from the Guinea slave coast, then vast amounts of Cheshire style cheeses, and wool, and other farm products, as well as the specially bred Narragansett Pacer riding horse, were then available for export. In other words, with seemingly limitless lands and agricultural resources as compared to Mother Country, Rhode Island's Narragansett Planters were able to leverage the economic advantage of free labor to an enormous extent, and once realizing this, they were enormously motivated to get labor to realize it at whatever means might be expedient, so they themselves first sent out Planter family owned ships to not only trade their products, but obtain their slaves, and "once these were on shore", as in Jamaca or the Sugar Islands, or in the Carolina Low Country, "there was no place for them to escape to ", except for those few sheltered by the Native Peoples. Rhode Island's Narragansett Country's thousands upon thousands of rich, creamy cheeses were the preferred product of their kind up and down the coastline, and rightly so, as the yet still virgin soil and rich grasses produced milk in quantities unheard of anywhere else. Nor were any of station in the Colonies unlikely to use any but the Narragansett Pacer, as did, among others, Washington's mother. "None but a Pacer would do for riding". Slaves raised these, and slaves made the cheeses, and cared for the sheep, and harvested their rich wool, and all of this made for "fat profits". It's as simple as that. 2. Further, and as the needs of the Narragansett Planters regarding "unpaid labor", were satisfied, the first experiences of the profits to be had by engaging in the trade became more clear' as the means to double and even triple income to be had from it were made known to Rhode Island Privateers. Sizable profits could be had simply by importing slaves, or by taking them and exporting them elsewhere, but even more could be made if they were transshipped from their origin in the Guineas, first to the Sugar Islands, and there traded at a premium for hogsheads of molasses, and this in turn, transshipped to Newport, and processed at some 22 or more distilleries, producing yet another substantial profit for resale over the value of the molasses transshipped, (so much so that it was nearly impossible to buy rum from them for other than trade purposes), and finally, yet a third tidy profit could be had by trading that rum, hogshead for hogshead, for yet more slaves in the Guineas. Slave trading offered the adventurous a triple profit to go along with the local tripling in slave population. Greed took hold, and few could resist it. This, too, is "simple", but "not pleasant to contemplate", and to some extent, the Narragansett Planters, who had largely come from Aquidneck Island and Newport and Portsmouth in the first place, "shifted their center of gravity" back over to the Newport side, where that deepwater harbor provided access to luxurious European goods and community living on a par with Britain's most elite. 3. Ever one to observe in a colonial system, as did other Europeans with one, "a path to profits", the British set up a "board of trade" to exploit colonial shipping, and despite the cleverness of the locals in avoiding the revenue cutters, the British Admiralty soon noticed the vast amounts of excise to be realized from the slave trade in and out of Newport, and thereby became enamored of the revenue whose moral effects were to be viewed, if at all, a long way from both London and Whitehall. Nor did the terms of an early 1700s peace treaty fail in its terms to stimulate the trade, as it granted such rights on the West African Coast as had been the Spaniards, to the British, who were quick to capitalize upon this increasingly profitable venture. So, put simply, "Great Britain found the Newport slave trade profitable for the Mother Country", and the vast sums earned for Mother Country thereby, postponed the banning of slavery in the British Empire until the 1830s. This is why they failed to stop it, or failed to insist upon Rhode Island's enforcement of its own anti-slavery statute of the last century. As with so, so many things, "it's all about money". But then there was, as it were, "a falling-out among thieves". The British wanted more and more revenue, "to cover their expenses", and these were admittedly heavy, whereas the Rhode Islanders.... ....the "Rogue's Islanders", as they were also known, were "wily masters at untaxed trade", finding along the extensive coastline, a number of opportunities for trading in the region, and even internationally, and as their seafaring and trading skills increased, resented more and more the British port taxes imposed. ..and so "each tried the patience of the other"... ....until a Revolution all but destroyed the Newport at the height of Rhode Island's slave trade, and which...."except for yet another vice, tobacco"...would still be on the skids, as it were.... ....and the Narragansett Planters.... ....had reached their limits in expanding their vast acreages, and instead, found themselves cut off from further slave imports, and by degrees, dividing their vast acreages among sizable families of up to 10 children in a single generation. Thus, the Rhode Island slave trade died down after the Revolution(but was still quite active offshore and using Rhode Island bottoms), for the simple reason that "it was no longer as obscenely profitable as it had been from 1730 or so to 1765 or so".

How did Sam Brannan become successful in the gold rush?

Samuel Brannan (March 2, 1819 - May 14, 1889) was an American settler, businessman, and journalist, who founded the "California Star" newspaper in San Francisco, California. He is considered the first publicist of the California Gold Rush and was its first millionaire.Brannan was a colorful, energetic figure in the mid-19th century history of California and especially of San Francisco."He probably did more for [San Francisco] and for other places than was effected by the combined efforts of scores of better men; and indeed, in many respects he was not a bad man, being as a rule straightforward as well as shrewd in his dealings, as famous for his acts of charity and open-handed liberality as for in enterprise, giving also frequent proofs of personal bravery." [1]Contents[hide] 1 Early career2 California career 2.1 California Gold Rush2.2 San Francisco2.3 Calistoga2.4 Southern California3 Legacy4 See also5 Notes6 Bibliography7 External linksEarly careerBrannan was born in Saco, Maine. When he was 14 years old, his family moved to Ohio, where Brannan learned the printer's trade. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Brannan moved to New York City in 1844, and began printing The Prophet (later The New-York Messenger), a Latter Day Saint newspaper. After the murder of church leader Joseph Smith, Jr., in June 1844, the Latter Day Saints decided to relocate their center from Nauvoo, Illinois. Several possible destinations were discussed, including the Mexican territory of Alta California. In February 1846, with the approval of church leaders, Brannan and about 240 other Latter Day Saints from New York set sail aboard the ship Brooklyn for upper California via Cape Horn. Brannan had an antiquated printing press and a complete flour mill on board. After a stop in Honolulu, they landed on July 31, 1846 at the Mexican port town of Yerba Buena, present day San Francisco, tripling the population of the pueblo. Brannan was appointed as the first mission president of the California LDS Mission.California careerBrannan used his press to establish the California Star as the first newspaper in San Francisco. It was the second paper in Alta California, following "The Californian" founded in Monterey and first published on August 15, 1846 [2]. The two joined to become The Daily Alta California in 1848. He also established the first school in San Francisco. In 1847, he opened a store at Sutter's Fort, near present day Sacramento. In June 1847, Brannan traveled overland to Green River, Wyoming, to meet with Brigham Young, the head of the LDS Church, who was leading the first contingent of Mormon pioneers across the plains to the Great Basin region. Brannan urged Young to bring the Mormon pioneers to California but Young rejected the proposal in favor of settling in what is today Utah, and Brannan returned to northern California.California Gold RushEarly in 1848, employees of John Sutter paid for goods in his store with gold they had found at Sutter's Mill, near Coloma, California. Brannan went to the mill and, as a representative of the LDS Church, he received the tithes of the LDS workers there from the gold they had found in their spare time. Brannan then purchased every shovel in San Francisco[citation needed] and ran through the streets yelling, "Gold! Gold! Gold from the American River!" His "California Star" paper couldn't publish the news as the staff had already left for the gold fields. Samuel Brannan's store at Sutter's FortSan FranciscoBrannan had opened more stores to sell goods to the miners (his Sutter Fort store sold US$150,000 a month in 1849), and began buying land in San Francisco. At about this time, Brannan was accused[who?] of diverting church money, including collected tithes, to fund his private ventures. An LDS envoy was sent to Brannan and reportedly[who?] told them, "You go back and tell Brigham Young that I'll give up the Lord's money when he sends me a receipt signed by the Lord.", although historians, such as Will Bagley have found this is likely just legend.[citation needed] Brannan was elected to the first town council of San Francisco in the new U.S. territory. After a series of sensational crimes in the area, he helped organize the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance, which functioned as a de facto police force. A squatter was murdered by the vigilante group and, although Brannan may not have pulled the trigger, he was considered the instigator and was subsequently disfellowshipped from the LDS Church for the vigilante violence.In 1851, Brannan visited Hawaii, and purchased large amounts of land in Honolulu. In 1853 Samuel Brannan was elected as a Senator to the California State Senate in the new state's capital of Sacramento. He was involved in developing trade with China and financial agreements with Mexico, founding the Society of California Pioneers, and developing banks, railroads and telegraph companies in California. Brannan built the first incarnation of the famous Cliff House, in 1858 on the Pacific Ocean in undeveloped western San Francisco.CalistogaAfter Brannan visited the hot springs in the upper Napa Valley in 1859, Brannan planned a new resort for there. He bought land containing the springs in the northern portion of the Rancho Carne Humana, and founded the town of Calistoga, said to be a combination of the words 'California' and then fashionable 'Saratoga' Springs in New York. Brannan also founded the Napa Valley Railroad Company there in 1864 in order to provide tourists with an easier way to reach Calistoga from the San Francisco Bay ferry boats that docked in the lower Napa Valley--San Francisco Bay at Vallejo. The railroad was later sold at a foreclosure sale, in Napa County in 1869.In 1868 Brannan became one of the principle investors in the Robinson Trust, that purchased and initiated development of the major coastal Los Angeles County land holdings of Californio Abel Stearns, near the San Pedro Bay in Southern California.In 1872 Anna Eliza Corwin divorced Brannan. He lost much of his personal fortune after his divorce, as it was ruled that his wife was entitled to half of their holdings, payable in cash. Because the vast majority of Brannan's holdings were in real estate, he had to liquidate the properties to pay the full divorce settlement.Southern CaliforniaFollowing the divorce, he became a brewer, then developed a problem with alcohol. Forsaking the city he helped develop into San Francisco, he drifted to San Diego, remarried and set up a small ranch near the Mexican border, where he engaged in land speculation with the Mexican government in the state of Sonora, Mexico. In 1888, at the age of sixty-nine, he was paid the sum of forty-nine thousand dollars in interest from the government of Mexico. He quit drinking, paid all his debts, and died without leaving enough money to pay his own funeral.Samuel Brannan died at the age of 70 in Escondido, California, on May 14, 1889. He is interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, California.[3]

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