Mapping Global Theatre Histories by Mark Pizzato

Author:Mark Pizzato
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9783030127275
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

1846–48, the US won the Mexican-American War, gaining the territories of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and parts of other Western states (55% of what Mexico had been)

1847, the British “Ten Hours Act” (or Factories Act) reduced the workday for women and teens, but not men, to ten hours Monday through Friday, plus eight hours on Saturday

1848, the Gold Rush began in California and it became a state in the US two years later

1852, Napoleon III (nephew of the first), after serving as President for six years, staged a coup when the constitution prevented him from running again and became ruler of the Second French Empire until 1870, doubling the size of its overseas territories

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