LIFE+IN+THE++1800s

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=== **Life in the 1800s was very difficult to many of those who were in the lower economical class. Children would have to wake up at 5 in the morning do to chores before they went to school. Many students went to school barefooted and in the same outfit as they were in the day before. In school, they could see other children age range from six years old to fourteen years old. Many students could only afford to go to school three-four months a year because during the rest of the eight-nine months they are forced to help out in the farms. Some of the chores for boys are fetching water and chopping woods, whereas girls would churn the butter and grind corn. As the girls grow into women, they were given many obligations and few choices. The women were being completely controlled by all the male figures in their lives (father, brothers and then husband). The woman’s sole purpose of life was to find a husband, procreate and then spend the rest of her life serving her husband. When a woman gets married, all her inheritance would belong to her husband. Marriage was considered to be a lifetime commitment and very rarely does a woman is granted to have a divorce.** === === **The 19th century was a period of history that is marked by the collapse of the Spanish, Portuguese, Roman, and the Chinese empire. With the collapse of these empires creates a stepping stone for the growing influence of the German empire, British Empire, and the U.S. With growing military conflicts come the advancements of science and exploration. The 19th century was the era of invention and discovery which was significant to the development in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. With the advancement of technologies and new discoveries, the Victorian era was also notorious for its employment of young children in factories and mines.** ===



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