The Gilded Age, the term for the period of economic boom which began after the American Civil War and ended at the turn of the century was applied to the era by historians in the 1920s, who took the term from one of Mark Twain’s lesser-known novels, The Gilded Age:…
During the ice age that occurred in the Pennsylvanian and Permian (roughly 300 million years ago), the southern portion of the supercontinent Pangea was at the south pole. The result was extensive glaciation of what is now Africa, South America, India, Antarctica, Australia, and the Arabian peninsula. Several hundred million…
The Glorious Revolution took place during 1688–89. In 1688 King James II of England, a Roman Catholic king who was already at odds with non-Catholics in England, took actions that further alienated that group. He has written for ThoughtCo since 1997. The Glorious Revolution was a bloodless coup that took…
What is called the first Industrial Revolution lasted from the mid-18th century to about 1830 and was mostly confined to Britain. The second Industrial Revolution lasted from the mid-19th century until the early 20th century and took place in Britain, continental Europe, North America, and Japan. and hence as the…
A lot of the scenes in The Godfather part 1 were shot on stunning filming locations in the USA and Sicily, Italy. First Paramount Pictures wanted as many scenes as possible to be shot in a studio to lower the production costs. The palace where Fulgencio Bautista announced the takeover…
Despite all these ills, the Industrial Revolution had positive effects, such as creating economic growth and making goods more available. It also helped lead to the rise of a prosperous middle class that grabbed some of the economic power once held by aristocrats, and led to the rise of specialized…
The Gold Rush significantly influenced the history of California and the United States. It created a lasting impact by propelling significant industrial and agricultural development and helped shape the course of California’s development by spurring its economic growth and facilitating its transition to statehood. There were a few positive things…
What kind of government did the Articles of Confederation create? The Articles of Confederation created a loose union of sovereign states that had intentionally made the central government weak because they feared tyranny, and the weak central government under the Articles of Confederation was eventually ineffective. Why did the articles…
Grand Canyon is the result of a distinct and ordered combination of geologic events. The story begins almost two billion years ago with the formation of the igneous and metamorphic rocks of the inner gorge. Above these old rocks lie layer upon layer of sedimentary rock, each telling a unique…
Scientists estimate the canyon may have formed 5 to 6 million years ago when the Colorado River began to cut a channel through layers of rock. Humans have inhabited the area in and around the canyon since the last Ice Age. The first Europeans to reach the Grand Canyon were…