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Georgia Archives – official Archives of the State of Georgia; Boston Public Library, Map Center. Maps of Georgia Archived May 29, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, various dates. Local History & Genealogy Reference Services, "Georgia", Resources for Local History and Genealogy by State, Bibliographies & Guides, Washington DC: Library of Congress
Improving sailing technologies boosted average sailing speed by 50% between 1750 and 1830. [90] The Industrial Revolution improved Britain's transport infrastructure with a turnpike road network, a canal and waterway network, and a railway network. Raw materials and finished products could be moved more quickly and cheaply than before.
Georgia borders the North Atlantic Ocean in the Southeastern United States. Georgia was the fourth of the original 13 states to approve the Constitution of the United States of America on January 2, 1788. Georgia joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865, and was readmitted to the Union in 1870.
The Georgian era was a period in British history from 1714 to c. 1830–1837, named after the Hanoverian kings George I, George II, George III and George IV. The definition of the Georgian era is also often extended to include the relatively short reign of William IV , which ended with his death in 1837.
1830 Nathanael Greene Monument in Johnson Square completed. Population: 7,303. [17] 1831 – Savannah–Ogeechee Canal constructed. 1833 – First Baptist Church built. 1834 – Oglethorpe Barracks built (approximate date). 1837 Pulaski Square, Lafayette Square, Madison Square and Troup Square laid out. Central of Georgia Railroad begins ...
His best known work is the 1948 textbook The Industrial Revolution (1760–1830), which put forth a positive view on the benefits of the era. He donated money to provide the T. S. Ashton Prize, an annual award from the Economic History Society.
The businessmen of the Second Industrial Revolution created industrial towns and cities in the Northeast with new factories, and contributed to the creation of an ethnically diverse industrial working class which produced the wealth owned by rising super-rich industrialists and financiers called the "robber barons".
The Completion of Independence: 1790–1830. Larkin, Jack (1988). The Reshaping of Everyday Life, 1790–1840. Harper & Row. ISBN 9780060159054. Morris, Charles R. (2012). The Dawn of Innovation. New York: PublicAffairs. Shachtman, Tom (2020). The Founding Fortunes: How the Wealthy Paid for and Profited from America's Revolution. St. Martin's ...