The UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION and The UNITED STATES DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE are the two documents that were constructed in Philadelphia. These documents also denotes the spirit of the city.
There is a building in Philadelphia named the Independence Hall. It is where the debates and adoption of the two documents happened. This building is now part of a heritage site in Philadelphia.
With new found resources, more people wanted to join the sciences and arts. With that much resources into science, what we knew exploded into so much more.
When Ellis Island closed, immigration processing moved to Manhattan.
In the 1830's, the voice of a young nationalist leader began to be heard. Giuseppe Mazzini founded Young Italy. It was a secret society that called for the unification of Italy under a representative government. Mazzini opposed dictators and tyrants and came to symbolize the soul of Italian unification.