dec 8, 1799 - 18th century
Description:
Ideas of progress, human perfectibility, rationality, and scientific improvement flourish in the New World; small family farms predominate, except for plantations in southern coastal areas; housing ranges from crude log cabins to substantial frame, brick, or stone houses; farm families manufacture many necessitiesAdded to timeline:
Date:
dec 8, 1799
Now
~ 226 years ago