1846
Mexican-American War began
1846 is the year following 1845 and preceding 1847.
Like other four-digit years, it functions as a noun The Mexican-American War began in 1846 or as a modifier an 1846 treaty.
Years are cardinal numbers but behave distinctly—we say "eighteen forty-six," not "one thousand eight hundred forty-six."
1840s territorial conflict
- Donner PartyIll-fated 1846 wagon train
- Great FamineMass starvation in Ireland
- California Republic1846 breakaway territory
- Rio GrandeMajor southwestern waterway
Monterrey · annexation · manifest destiny · territorial expansion · potato blight · wagon train
Era of mechanized production
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- railwayTrack system for trains
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- EmpireSovereign's extensive domain
Romanticism · telegraph · corset · top hat · daguerreotype · gas lighting · workhouse · emigration
Tennessee expansionist president
- Zachary TaylorTwelfth American chief executive
- Brigham YoungEarly Latter-day Saints president
Device for joining fabric
- saxophoneReed instrument, brass body
- lockstitchInterlocking dual-thread seam
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- mechanizationConverting to machine operation
Act of finding something
- planetStar-orbiting spherical body
- AdamsCommon presidential surname
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- celestialOf the sky above
orbit · gas giant · solar system · Triton · blue · outer planet · astronomical observation
Mexican-American War
1840s territorial conflict
- Donner PartyIll-fated 1846 wagon train
- Great FamineMass starvation in Ireland
- California Republic1846 breakaway territory
Rio Grande · Monterrey · annexation · manifest destiny · territorial expansion · potato blight · wagon train
Industrial Revolution
Era of mechanized production
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- railwayTrack system for trains
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
Empire · Romanticism · telegraph · corset · top hat · daguerreotype · gas lighting · workhouse · emigration · clipper ships
James K. Polk
Tennessee expansionist president
- Zachary TaylorTwelfth American chief executive
- Brigham YoungEarly Latter-day Saints president
sewing machine
Device for joining fabric
- saxophoneReed instrument, brass body
- lockstitchInterlocking dual-thread seam
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
mechanization · brass instrument · woodwind · garment production
discovery
Act of finding something
- planetStar-orbiting spherical body
- AdamsCommon presidential surname
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
celestial · orbit · gas giant · solar system · Triton · blue · outer planet · astronomical observation