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| − | in my butt | + | The '''19th century''' was the time period between 1801 and 1900. It was a busy time, because lots of things were going on at once. For example, there was the [[War of 1812]], the [[Civil War]], the [[American Indian Genocide]], the [[Mexican War]], and the [[Spanish-American War]], all in the 19th century. The 19th century was also the time of [[cowboy]]s and [[Indian]]s in the West, and the [[Industrial Revolution]] in the East. Also, the United States was rapidly expanding during this time. The majority of states entered the Union during this time period. |
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| | + | In the arts, the 19th century saw the rise of [[Romanticism]]. |
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| | + | [[Britain]] was one of the most powerful nations during the 19th century, controlling [[Canada]], parts of [[Africa]], [[India]], [[Hong Kong]], and [[Australia]]. |
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| | + | Other major powers included [[France]], which controlled most of North Africa and part of Canada and Asia; [[Belgium]], whose territories included much of Central Africa, Asia, South America, and New Zealand; [[Holland]], who dominated the spice and tea trades from the Azores and the Solomon Islands, and the [[Ottoman Empire]], which covered a land mass equivalent to 20 times the size of Wales but was past its zenith and was backwards in comparison to the industrialized nations of Europe. |
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