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Mormonism in the USA 1830–47
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Mormonism in the USA 1830–47
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In the early 19th century, western New York State was described as the ‘burned-over’ district, ablaze with evangelism from multiple religious revivals, postmillennialists prophesying the second coming, and various utopian communes. In this febrile atmosphere, young Joseph Smith’s visions of angels leading him to the ancient prophet’s sacred Book of... More
Moving West – The Cumberland Gap 1779–96
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Moving West – The Cumberland Gap 1779–96
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The Cumberland Gap is a pass at the bottom of the Appalachian Mountains and is known as ‘the gateway to the west’. In 1790 North Carolina handed this area of land over to the Federal government who called it the Southwest Territory. There were many Euro-American settlers in the region... More
Muslim Migration into the European Union to 2004
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Muslim Migration into the European Union to 2004
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By 2004 the French Muslim population was the largest in western Europe, accounting for up to 70 per cent of Muslim migrants. The Algerian War of Independence between 1954–62 had resulted in a mass immigration of Algerians, who fled to France after the war had ended to escape persecution as... More
Overland Trails 1853–70
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Overland Trails 1853–70
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Before the construction of the Western railroad in 1869, it took an average of six months for pioneers and immigrants to travel from the American mid-west to California and Oregon. Lured by the promise of a better life (one diarist described California as ‘the land of gold and Italian skies’),... More
Population Change 1990–2000
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Population Change 1990–2000
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Between 1990–2000 the USA experienced its largest population increase since records began, totalling 32.7 million individuals. This represented a proportional increase of 8.2 per cent of the total population, bucking the trend of declining proportional increases each decade since the high of 18.4 per cent from 1950–60. The western states,... More
Post-War Europe 1945–52
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Post-War Europe 1945–52
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After World War II, Europe faced a refugee crisis. The International Refugee Organization was formed in 1946 to manage these displaced persons. The Cold War was just beginning and heightened tension between the Soviet Union and NATO members made discussions about repatriation difficult. Many refugees were Polish, Ukrainian, Yugoslav and... More
Resettlement of Native Americans 1829–40
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Resettlement of Native Americans 1829–40
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President Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830. There followed the almost entirely involuntary displacement to the West of Native Americans with homelands ‘east of the Mississippi River’. Their passage westward became termed the ‘Trail of Tears’. The resettlement areas were in unorganized territory in a band traversing present-day... More
Resettlement of the Danube Basin c.1720
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Resettlement of the Danube Basin c.1720
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From the 16th century, the Danubian basin became the natural battleground of repeated wars between the Ottomans and the Habsburgs. After relieving the third Siege of Vienna (1683) and further victories confirmed by the Treaty of Passarowitz (1718), the Habsburgs could finally expel the Ottomans from the basin, and embarked... More
Serbian Exodus 1916
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Serbian Exodus 1916
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After the joint Austro-German and Bulgarian victory over Serbia in 1915, the Serbian forces retreated to Albania aiming to make their escape to the Adriatic. Their retreat was covered by their Montenegrin allies, who remained to defend their own territory, and a Franco-British relief force. Accordingly, the Serbians were not... More
Settled Areas 1850
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Settled Areas 1850
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In 1849, two galvanic forces drove settlers through America’s western frontier in unprecedented numbers: Mormon and Mammon. Brigham Young, the leader of the Church of Latter Day Saints, briefly established the theocratic state of Deseret with thousands of his followers in the deserts of Utah. In California, tens of thousands... More
South Africa 1798–1857
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South Africa 1798–1857
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The Cape switched between Dutch and British hands during the Napoleonic Wars until 1815, when British occupation was confirmed by the Congress of Vienna. The already pronounced unruliness and wanderlust of the Dutch colonists was aggravated by the outlawing of the Dutch language (1806), and abolition of slavery (1838), on... More
South Africa: The Great Trek 1836–46
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South Africa: The Great Trek 1836–46
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The Great Trek is the name given to the exodus of 12,000–14,000 Boers from British Cape Colony. Frustrated by the colony’s Anglicization policies, restrictions on slave labour and population pressures intensified by drought and increasing inward migration, they chose to look for better grazing pastures elsewhere. After crossing the Orange... More