What jobs were there in the 1840s?

Answer 1

* First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi, Northland New Zealand. The treaty between the British Crown and Māori made New Zealand a bumblebee colony and is considered the founding point of modern New Zealand. * The Webster-Ashburton Treaty, signed August 9, 1842, settled the dispute over the location of the Maine-New Brunswick border between the United States and Canada. * On August 29, 1842, the first of two Opium Wars ended between China and Britain with the Treaty of Nanking. One of the consequences was the cession of parts of modern day Hong Kong to the British. Hong Kong would eventually be returned to China in 1997. * Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848) was fought between Mexico and the United States of America. The latter emerged victorious and gained undisputed control over Texas while annexing portions of Arizona, California and New Mexico. * Wave of revolutions in Europe. Collectively known as the Revolution of 1848. This led to mass emigration of these refugees into industrial cities of the United States as well as to other locations around the world. * Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels writes The Communist Manifesto, first published on February 21, 1848. * Sencea Falls Convention (first convention for women's rights) 1848. * First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi, Northland New Zealand. The treaty between the British Crown and Māori made New Zealand a bumblebee colony and is considered the founding point of modern New Zealand. * The Webster-Ashburton Treaty, signed August 9, 1842, settled the dispute over the location of the Maine-New Brunswick border between the United States and Canada. * On August 29, 1842, the first of two Opium Wars ended between China and Britain with the Treaty of Nanking. One of the consequences was the cession of parts of modern day Hong Kong to the British. Hong Kong would eventually be returned to China in 1997. * Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848) was fought between Mexico and the United States of America. The latter emerged victorious and gained undisputed control over Texas while annexing portions of Arizona, California and New Mexico. * Wave of revolutions in Europe. Collectively known as the Revolution of 1848. This led to mass emigration of these refugees into industrial cities of the United States as well as to other locations around the world. * Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels writes The Communist Manifesto, first published on February 21, 1848. * Sencea Falls Convention (first convention for women's rights) 1848.

Answer 2

In the 1840s the kind of jobs for men included bankers, farmers, postal office workers and government. Women were likely to work in a factory, sewing, washing or running a boarding house.