Home Region: East Coast (North America)
Antebellum US
1776 CE 1865 CE
Displayed: 1865 CE
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General Description
This polity period spans from American Independence in 1776 following the American Revolution, until 1865 with the end of the American Civil War.
Identity and Location
| 7 N - 19 N |
| Antebellum US |
| New York | 1787 CE 1790 CE |
| Philadelphia | 1790 CE 1800 CE |
| United States of America | |
| USA | |
| US |
Temporal Bounds
Political and Cultural Relations
Language
Religion
Social Scale
| 25,000 people | 1800 CE |
| 500,000 people | 1850 CE |
| 621,429 km2 | 1790 CE |
| 1,638,729 km2 | 1830 CE |
| 3,094,398 km2 | 1860 CE |
| 3,929,214 people | 1790 CE |
| 12,866,020 people | 1830 CE |
| 31,443,321 people | 1860 CE |
Hierarchical Complexity
Professions
Bureaucracy Characteristics
Law
Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Transport Infrastructure
Special-purpose Sites
Information
/ Writing System
Information
/ Kinds of Written Documents
Information
/ Money
| inferred Absent |
| Present |
| Transitional (Absent -> Present) |
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| inferred Absent |
| inferred Absent |
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| Present |
Information
/ Postal System
Information
/ Measurement System
Fortifications
Military use of Metals
Projectiles
Handheld weapons
Animals used in warfare
Armor
Naval technology
Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Coding in Progress.
Religion Variables
Coding in Progress.
Crisis Consequences
Coding in Progress.
Power Transitions
Coding in Progress.
NGA Settlements:
| Year Range | Antebellum US (us_antebellum) was in: |
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Home NGA: None
General Variables
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| Utm Zone | 7 N - 19 N | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Original Name | Antebellum US | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Capital | New York | Confident | 1787 CE 1790 CE | ||||||||
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| Capital | Philadelphia | Confident | 1790 CE 1800 CE | ||||||||
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| Alternative Name | United States of America | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Alternative Name | USA | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Alternative Name | US | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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Succeeding Entity
1866 CE 1933 CE
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| Population of the Largest Settlement | 25,000 people | Confident | 1800 CE | ||||||||
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| Population of the Largest Settlement | 500,000 people | Confident | 1850 CE | ||||||||
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| Polity Territory | 621,429 km2 | Confident | 1790 CE | ||||||||
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| Polity Territory | 1,638,729 km2 | Confident | 1830 CE | ||||||||
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| Polity Territory | 3,094,398 km2 | Confident | 1860 CE | ||||||||
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| Polity Population | 3,929,214 people | Confident | 1790 CE | ||||||||
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| Polity Population | 12,866,020 people | Confident | 1830 CE | ||||||||
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| Polity Population | 31,443,321 people | Confident | 1860 CE | ||||||||
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| Professional Soldier | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Professional Priesthood | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Professional Military Officer | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Source Of Support | salary | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Market | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Irrigation System | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Food Storage Site | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Drinking Water Supply System | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Communal Building | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Utilitarian Public Building | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Symbolic Building | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Knowledge Or Information Building | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Entertainment Building | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Special Purpose House | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Written Record | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Script | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Phonetic Alphabetic Writing | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Nonwritten Record | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Non Phonetic Writing | Absent | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Mnemonic Device | Unknown | Suspected | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Scientific Literature | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Sacred Text | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Religious Literature | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Practical Literature | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Philosophy | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Lists Tables and Classification | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| History | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Fiction | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Calendar | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Token | Absent | Inferred | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Precious Metal | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Paper Currency | Transitional (Absent -> Present) | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Indigenous Coin | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Foreign Coin | Absent | Inferred | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Article | Absent | Inferred | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Store Of Wealth | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Debt And Credit Structure | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Postal Station | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| General Postal Service | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Courier | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Fastest Individual Communication | 1 | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Variable | Coded Value | Tags | Year(s) | See More | |||||||
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| Weight Measurement System | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Volume Measurement System | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Time Measurement System | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Other Measurement System | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Length Measurement System | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Geometrical Measurement System | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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| Area Measurement System | Present | Confident | 1776 CE 1865 CE | ||||||||
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Religion Variables
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Crisis Cases
Instability Data
Power Transitions