1800 - 1876

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  • Factory Act

    Limits a child's work day to 12 hours only in Britain

  • Lousiana Purchase

  • Napoléon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of France

  • Jane Austen

    First novel Sense and Sensibility published

  • Napoléon exiled

  • Spain Civil War

  • Victoria crowned Queen of Britain

  • Hong Kong

    The British captured Hong Kong, stopping the Opium War

  • California Gold Rush

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    Crimean War

  • Period: to

    American Civil War

  • Civil Rights Act

    Outlaws segregation on public transport and hotels and restaurant