Background
Historical Context
Notable events of the early 19th Century
1801: Britain began to rise as an industrial power
1801: Britain integrated Ireland into its kingdom.
1803: The United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million
1803: Ohio became the 17th US state
1803: The Irish began to rebel against British rule
1808: John Dalton theorized that matter consists of a range of atoms, each of a distinct weight.
1820: The US became the world's biggest cotton producer of raw cotton.
1821: Napoleon Bonaparte died at the age of fifty-one
1823: The beginning of steam-powered shipping
1825: Louis XVIII died
1826: The Spanish Inquisition ended
1827: New York passed a state law emancipating slaves
1829: Andrew Jackson becomes the seventh US President
1829: Scotch tape was invented
Key movements of the early 1800s: Women's suffrage, child labor limitations, abolition, temperance, prison reform.
Notable events of 1830
The Great fire of New Orleans began
The Book of Mormon was published
Ecuador gains its independence
'Mary Had a Little Lamb' by Sarah Josepha Hale was published
The Indian Removal Act was passed by the Congress and signed into law
The French invaded Algeria
Charles X of France abdicated the throne
The Belgian Revolution began
The first railway station opened in the United States in Baltimore Maryland.
Symphony Fantastique was written (for reference, this happened 31 years before the American Civil War began)