Lexington and concord, april 1775
Loss of factory jobs led to less in the middle class or you needed to work a white collar job to be middle class.
Industrial jobs moved overseas leaving those working in factories without jobs. Middle class jobs no longer included factory work but rather service jobs many requiring college degrees.
France first attempted to build the canal in the 1870s. He left quite a few diseases and financial problems behind. Ferdinand de Lessups was the engineer who designed the Suez Canal.
Lewis and clark were on an expedition
