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Introduced free trade to England. "By 1860, he had removed import duties on 400 items; tariffs were retained, for revenue purposes, on less than twenty imported 'luxury' goods" Cain, Peter. “British Free Trade, 1850-1914: Economics and Policy.” Https://Www.ehs.org.uk/, 1999, www.ehs.org.uk/dotAsset/11cabff5-3f6a-4d69-bba0-1086d69be6c7.pdf.
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The value of goods increased during this timespan. A.U.C., Active USA Center. “The United States of America.” History of the United States, Industrialization and Reform - TheUSAonline.com, www.theusaonline.com/history/industrialization.htm.
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1876 started the urbanization of America. "Urban midwesterners consciously constructed their own distinct components of cultural citizenship and used independence." This sense of independence came from the metropolitan atmosphere America was gaining from a rapid increase in the development of cities.
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1876 America started its Urbanization. "Urban Midwesterners consciously constructed interpretations of this American nation through components of cultural citizenship and independence" With the rapid development of cities in America the metropolitan atmosphere had Americas thinking in new ways. Criblez, Adam. Parading Patriotism Independence Day Celebrations in the Urban Midwest, 1826-1876. Northern Illinois University Press, 2013.
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An increase in steamboat technology led to shorter travel times when crossing the ocean to America. Cohn, Raymond L. “The Transition from Sail to Steam in Immigration to the United States.” The Journal of Economic History, vol. 65, no. 02, 2005, p. 469., doi:10.1017/s0022050705000161.
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There was an increase in direct taxation of British people in the 1880s.
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Robert Manning is living in Devon, England. His family has 250 acres of land, two house servants, and eleven farm laborers. 1810 England Census. Devon, England, population schedule, enumeration district 64, sheet 5A, dwelling 22. Ancestry.com, accessed Sept 12, 2019.
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Placed restrictions on certain immigrant groups. " With the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Chn\inses laborers became the first group in American history to be excluded from the United States basis of their race and class." Lee, Erika. At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration during the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943. Univ. of North Carolina Press, 2007.
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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle but a section about the dedication of the statue of liberty into their Newspaper. “The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.” 1886, p. 1. Newspaper.com, Newspaper.com.
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North and South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah become part of the United States. “Dates of Statehood.” State Symbols USA, statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/national-us/statehood-date/date-statehood.
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There is a decrease in import values in the late 1880s and 1890s.
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Further excluded who could enter America including polygamists, people convicted of certain crimes, and the sick or diseased. “Siteseen Limited.” 1600's, 1700's, 1800's and 1900's ***, Siteseen Limited, 1 Jan. 2018, www.emmigration.info/english-immigration-to-america.htm.
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Ellis Island a federally operated immigrant receiving station opened. Millions of immigrants went through these doors while it was open. Marcovitz, Hal. Ellis Island. Mason Crest Publishers, 2003.
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"The Panic of 1893 was a national economic crisis set off by the collapse of two of the country's largest employers, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and the National Cordage Company. Following of the failure of these two companies, a panic erupted on the stock market." “Panic of 1893.” Panic of 1893 - Ohio History Central, ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Panic_of_1893.
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The Duke of Deven-shire is yielding to the lord of Salisbury to benefit the Conservative Party. News found in the Northern Echo is England “Northern Echo.” 1984, p. 1. Newspaper, Newspaper.com.
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Robert Manning arrived in New York, New York on a ship named Teutonic Passenger and crew lists. New York, New York. Ancestry.com, accessed November 12, 2019.
