Identifier: grandestcenturyi00nort (find matches)
Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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t)B:NMARK, SWEDEN AND NORWAY. im reign. He caused new roads and canalsto be constructed; he encouraged thecultivation of districts which had for-merly been barren; and he founded goodindustrial and naval schools. He wasnot, however, much liked by his sub-jects. He never mastered the Swedish^.anguage, and he was so jealous of anyinterference with his authority that heternly punished the expression of opin-iv^ns which he disliked. To the majority of educated Swedesthe constitution seemed to be ill-adaptedto the wants of the nation, and there wasa general demand for a political systemwhich should make the Governmentmore directly responsible to the people.In 1840 a scheme of reform was submit-ted to the diet by a committee whichJiad been appointed for the purpose,but the negotiations and discussions towhich it gave rise led to no definiteresult. King Oscar, Charles XIV. was succeeded by hisson Oscar I., 1844-1859. Oscar had al-ways expressed sympathy with liberalopinions, and it was antic

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