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National Road in the USA | THE NATIONAL ROAD

National Road in the USA

The settlement of the Ohio valley, and the admission of Ohio to the Union in 1803, prompts the construction of the USA's first great federal road project. In 1802 the government undertakes to link the Ohio valley with th...

National Road in the USA | HISTORY OF TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL

National Road in the USA

The settlement of the Ohio valley, and the admission of Ohio to the Union in 1803, prompts the construction of the USA's first great federal road project. In 1802 the government undertakes to link the Ohio valley with th...

In the aftermath of Fallen Timbers, | THE AMERICAN INDIANS

The Northwest Territory

In the aftermath of Fallen Timbers, representatives of the defeated tribes assemble for peace talks in Fort Greenville in 1795. Their leaders accept a treaty which cedes to the United States much of present-day Ohio.

In the aftermath of Fallen Timbers, | HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Northwest Territory

In the aftermath of Fallen Timbers, representatives of the defeated tribes assemble for peace talks in Fort Greenville in 1795. Their leaders accept a treaty which cedes to the United States much of present-day Ohio.

In 1816 Christian Thomsen is appointed | DISCOVERIES - ARCHAEOLOGY

Stone, bronze and iron

In 1816 Christian Thomsen is appointed the first curator of the museum in Copenhagen which later becomes the National Museum of Denmark. In displaying his prehistoric objects, he adopts a novel system of classification -...

The royal family, trying to depart | HISTORY OF FRANCE

Varennes and the Champ de Mars

The royal family, trying to depart in carriages to spend Easter at their palace in St Cloud, are physically prevented from leaving the Tuileries by members of the National Guard, backed up by a noisy street demonstration...

There are three main planks to | HISTORY OF GERMANY

The economy and the nation

There are three main planks to Hitler's economic and national policy: the reduction of unemployment, rearmament to make Germany strong again, and the restoration of the greater Germany diminished by the treaty of Versail...

Like heavy industry elsewhere in Britain, | HISTORY OF SCOTLAND

Industrial revolution

Like heavy industry elsewhere in Britain, Scottish shipbuilding and mining suffer a disastrous decline in the second half of the 20th century. At the same period Scotland acquires a new resource in the North Sea oilfield...

The 1980s see one isolated development | PALESTINE

Peace process

The 1980s see one isolated development that is helpful to the peace process, when in 1988 Yasser Arafat declares that the PLO renounces 'terrorism in all its forms'. However in 1987 Hamas (acronym in Arabic for 'Movemen...

Likud's hard line in relation to | ISRAEL

Prime ministers and peace

Likud's hard line in relation to settlement is softened for a while between 1984 and 1990 when neither it (led now by Yitzhak Shamir) nor Labour (led now by Shimon Peres) can form a coalition without the other. A Nationa...

The national war effort, more effectively | HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN (from 1707)

Wartime welfare

The national war effort, more effectively planned than in 1914-1918, has a profound influence on British society. Conscription, introduced for some even before the start of the war (in April 1939), is by the end of 1941...

This policy soon offends the more | HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA

Racial distinctions

This policy soon offends the more radical Afrikaners, always fearful that their identity will be eroded by the British influence. Their concerns are reinforced in 1914 when Botha unhesitatingly brings South Africa into W...

Boumedienne and the army now establish | HISTORY OF ALGERIA

The FLN years

Boumedienne and the army now establish a military one-party regime (elections for the national assembly are not held until 1977, fifteen years after independence). The official state policy is socialist.

Radical...

In its first few days the | HISTORY OF FRANCE

Second Republic

In its first few days the provisional government of the new republic passes several radical measures. It proclaims the right of everyone to work, proposes state-run national workshops to ensure full employment, limits th...

Plaid Cymru, meaning simply 'party of | HISTORY OF WALES

Labour and nationalism

Plaid Cymru, meaning simply 'party of Wales', has a magnificently Welsh moment of origin. During the National Eisteddfod in Pwllheli in the summer of 1925 six men meet in an upstairs room of a temperance hotel. Their sha...

Costa Rica's democratic tradition has held | HISTORY OF COSTA RICA

Independence

Costa Rica's democratic tradition has held firm almost without interruption through the 20th century. At the century's end the two main political parties are the Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) and the National Liber...

Further US concessions follow in 1955, | HISTORY OF PANAMA

Panama and the USA

Further US concessions follow in 1955, relating in particular to the rights of Panamanians living and working in the Canal Zone. By the late 1950s confrontation centres on Panamanian demands to fly the national flag with...