When World War I ended in 1918, the British took control of Palestine. The League of Nations issued a British mandate for Palestine—a document that gave Britain administrative control over the region, and included provisions for establishing a Jewish national homeland in Palestine—which went into effect in 1923
A French movement<span> developed by painters who tried to capture their "first impression" of a subject through varied treatments of light and color. ... Artistic trends of the </span>early twentieth century<span> ... Its manifesto of 1909 declared its alienation from established institutions and its focus on the </span>dynamism<span>of the </span>twentieth-century life<span>.</span>
The east coast was connected to the Midwest by the Erie Canal.
