Napoleon crowned emperor. In Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Napoleon I, the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years. Pope Pius VII handed Napoleon the crown that the 35-year-old conqueror of Europe placed on his own head
Egyptian nationalization of the Suez Canal during the Suez Crisis meant that "The Egyptian government took control of the canal" specifically from Great Britain.
Patrick Henry opposed<span> the U.S. </span>Constitution<span> because he believed that it gave too much power to the central government at the expense of the state governments.</span>
1825: Turnpikes, canals, and rail lines drastically changed America's landscape, beginning in the 1800s. Following the War of 1812, the American economy was altered from an economy partly dependent on imports from Europe to an empire of internal commerce.
