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The 1830s (pronounced "eighteen-thirties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1830, and ended on December 31, 1839. In this decade, the world saw a rapid rise of imperialism and colonialism, particularly in Asia and Africa. Britain saw a surge of power and world dominance, as Queen Victoria took to the throne in 1837.
March 4, 1825 – Adams becomes the sixth president; Calhoun becomes the seventh vice president; 1825 – Erie Canal is finally completed 1826 – Former presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on the same day, which happens to be on the fiftieth anniversary of the approval of the Declaration of independence.
It was at the center of the Industrial Revolution in America, with many textile mills and machine shops operating by 1830. The region was the manufacturing center of the entire United States for much of the nineteenth century, and it played an important role during the American Civil War as an intellectual, political, and cultural promoter of ...
The history of the United States from 1815 to 1849—also called the Middle Period, the Antebellum Era, or the Age of Jackson—involved westward expansion across the American continent, the proliferation of suffrage to nearly all white men, and the rise of the Second Party System of politics between Democrats and Whigs.
1816 (England) Food riots broke out in East Anglia. Workers demanded a double wage and for the setting of triple prices for food. [3] 1824 (England) The Combination Act 1799 (39 Geo. 3. c. 81) was repealed. [2] 1824 (United States) Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Textile Strike. [1] 1825 (United States) United Tailoresses of New York organized in New ...
23 July – Beerhouse Act 1830 liberalise regulations on the brewing and sale of beer by individuals. August – General election results in a Tory victory, but with a reduced majority. [6] 28 August – Machine-breaking Swing Riots break out in Kent and spread across southern and eastern England.
British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards. English colonisation of North America began in the 16th century in Newfoundland, then further south at Roanoke and Jamestown, Virginia, and more substantially with the founding of the Thirteen Colonies along the Atlantic coast of North America.
Albion's seed: Four British folkways in America (Oxford University Press, 1989), detailed coverage of Puritan values and life style. Hart, Albert Bushnell ed. Commonwealth History of Massachusetts, Colony, Province and State Volumes 1 and 2 (1927), to 1776; Hosmer, James Kendall ed. Winthrop's Journal, "History of New England," 1630–1649