Well the industrial revolution lead to some of the first large corporations, this is the first example of capitalism because without a free market none of that would have been possible
St. Patrick day is considered luckiest day for marriage, This is one of the weird marriage luck beliefs of Irish people. However, if the St. Patrick day falls in Saturday then it is not considered lucky to marry which is also one of the wedding superstition in Ireland that, Saturday is no luck day for marriage.
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Okay, so, just from the top of my head, I think that it is because of the growing belief of "Manifest Destiny" in the nineteenth century. I'm not sure if this is the actual right answer for your question, but I do know that Manifest Destiny was in the nineteenth century and was the widely held belief in the USA that American settlers were destined to expand through out the continent. And I think both the USA and Europe wanted to expand, it was kind of a copetition/conflict they had. This was actually how Canada and Alaska came to be I believe. This was a simple explanation btw. cx
