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Century - 1800s

Century – 1800s refers to the years from 1800 to 1899. The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) and the invention of the electric battery by Alessandro Volta were two significant occurrences that influenced history during that specific period.

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What motivated people to come to America in the 19th century?

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Compititions between nations influenced the voyage aswell as desire of wealth and spread of Chritianity.

What was the use of oil in the 1800s?

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Oil was first found by Indian's, they found it on the tops of pond's, they called it "rock oi". They used it for medicine, which could cure common sicknesses. Soon people were drilling in to the ground to find this a amazing oil witch could be used for steam engines ,oil lamps, and much much more, this went on for two hundred years. And as we know now it is used to make gasoline for your car.

Working conditions during the late 1800s were characterized by?

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The working conditions in the 1800s were poor and unsafe. There was no labor laws with many people being overworked including children.

How would you clean a wound in the 1800s?

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you put peroxcide on it

What were living conditions like in the 1800s in big cites like Manchester and London?

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they were really bad...life expectancy went as low a 17 years.....people would live in shared housing with like 10 people living in one room

What was connecticut's capital in the 1800s?

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== == I believe it is Hartford.

Prior to 1875, CT had two capitals: Hartford and New Haven.

What was the impact of the santa fe trail on the southwest in the 1800's?

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It opened up the land to Anglos and Californios to trade with the states. It also was the route the army followed to invade Mexico during the Mexican American War.

Why did Free Settlers come to South Australia Adelaide in the 1800s?

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Initially, a British group led by Edward Gibbon Wakefield were looking to start a colony founded on free settlement instead of convict labour. Unlike other colonies, where settlers were allocated free land according to their own assets, Wakefield suggested that the land be sold. Charles Sturt's discoveries that the Darling River flowed into the Murray, and that the Murray River flowed to the ocean, were significant, for they opened up huge tracts of land along the Murray River, and allowed for the development of paddle-steamer transportation of goods and passengers along Australia's inner waterways, between the colonies. Many of the free settlers who came to South Australia were of German origin (including other Germanic groups such as the Wendish and Prussians). Their primary reason was to escape the religious persecution in their own country. In the 1800s, under King Friedrich Wilhelm III, German/Prussian Lutherans suffered religious persecution. Friedrich Wilhelm was an autocratic king who believed he had the right to create his own state church from the two main Protestant churches - the Lutheran church and the smaller Reformed church - in a united Prussian state church. This would effectively remove the right of Lutherans to worship in a way of their choosing. Penalties for non-adherance to the state religion were severe. Many Lutherans immigrated to Australia to escape the persecution.

Other free settlers came because they discovered they could mine valuable metals. The Cornish and the Scottish came for this reason.

What actions did japan take to become an imperial power?

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World war II because as the nation was preparing to go to war, they increased there production in supplies, men, and weapons

the last guy said:

"Basicly they have some kind of super weapon witch most big countrys have like and they became a super power by steal weapons of mass destruction"

lol really? (faceplam*)

What country lost the most territory as a result of the unification of Italy?

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The Austrian (or Austro-Hungarian) Empire lost the most territory. They controlled much of Veneto and other northeast Italian regions.

What were the goals of the missionaries who came to Nigeria in the late 1800's?

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Converting people to Christianity.

It was more than that. In the North they did not establish any churches or attempt any "converts" this was because Fredrick Lugard would not allow them.

In areas where Islam dominated Christianity did not have much of an influence. Because Islam is more of a dominate religion.

However, one of the principle objectives were to attempt to remove the many and strong supersitions of Nigerians along with abolishing the many practices of Human sackrifices (sp). The Christians also wanted to impose Western morality on to the Nigerians in a false belief that their morality was superior to the Igbos, Yoruba or other Nations within the area of their control they named Nigeria. So Polygamous relationships needed controlling, the idea of the powerful market women who could earn more than their husband did not fit in with their Victorian view of a womans place in the home. Or the use of Christian names because the lazy missionaries could not pronounce the African names, in class.

The introduction of the Christian Missionary School CMS was also used to introduce Western Education to prepare Nigerians to modern ways of thinking and economy. Both Yoruba and Igbo nations embraced this as a way to advance themselves. In the run up independence the Northern States of Nigerian mainly Hausa and Fulani Muslim states found themselves at a disadvantage so the British fixed the 1st elections to ensure that the Islamic North had control over the rest of the Federation.

Initially the British run Nigeria as two separate states Northern = Islamic and Southern. Until they were merged in 1914. Ironically the British liked the Islamic model of government as it made their work easier to Adminster such a large area with very few Colonial Adminstrators on the ground. Utilizing the Islamic model served the British purposes as it reached a broader mass than having to convert the hetrogenous southern states of various traditional beliefs.

What was the popular industries in the 1800s in Florida?

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There were several popular industries in the 1800s in Florida. The main ones included citrus, resorts, cattle, cigar production, forest product production, and rock mining for phosphates.

What currency did they use in England 1830?

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In the 1830s, England and the rest of the United Kingdom used the Pound Sterling, which could also be divided and multiplied into:

  • farthings
  • shillings
  • crowns
  • half crowns
  • tenners
  • sixpence
  • pence
  • half-pence

What country occupied Mexico during th American Civil War?

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Mexico was occupied by France during the American Civil war.

What are stamford raffles contribution to Singapore?

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He set up a free port and made a town plan to make Singapore an orderly place to live in.

Why did Brazil seek independence?

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Because "Portuguese discoveries" came to Brazil, stole our natural resources, our gold, gave it to England, killed the natives, destroyed the forests, and did nothing good. England, Netherlands and France made WAY more things to Brazil than Portugal.

How long was a boat ride from Italy to the U.S. in the late 1800s?

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A standard passenger ship should take a week or two in order to reach Italy.

Who owned Texas in the early 1800s?

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MEXICO! Mexico owned Texas in the early 1800's. Texas became one nation for nine years... 1836 to 1845. In 1845 Texas joined the United States of America.

Who controlled Cuba in the 1800s?

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Spain was in control of Cuba until 1898.