us bought land from mexico in 1848.
us bought land from mexico in 1848.
when did the us buy land from mexico?
1848
bullet::::- over the next three decades, the government made it easier for peasants to buy land, as part of a sweep towards liberal sentiment in much of western europe.









































bullet::::- after the revolutions of 1848 in the german states, peasants refused to pay their remaining obligations to their landlords. most of these obligations were legally abolished at 1850. the price for redeeming land was set at 25 times its annual revenue, and peasants could buy land by taking mortgages from banks.









































section::::aftermath in germany.
land reform in prussia
the emancipation of the serfs came in 1770–1830, beginning with schleswig in 1780. the peasants, no longer serfs, could own their land, buy and sell it, and move about freely. the nobles approved; for now they could buy land owned by the peasants. the chief reformer was baron vom stein(1757–1831), who was influenced by the enlightenment, especially the free market ideas of adam smith. the end of serfdom raised the personal legal status of the peasantry. a bank was set up so that landowner could borrow government money to buy land from peasants (the peasants were not allowed to use it to borrow money to buy land until 1850). the result was that the large landowners obtained larger estates, and many peasants became landless tenants, or moved to the cities or to america. the other german states imitated prussia after 1815. in sharp contrast to the violent events of the french revolution, germany handled land reform peacefully. in schleswig the peasants, who had been influenced by the enlightenment, played an active role; elsewhere they were largely passive. indeed, for most peasants, customs and traditions continued largely unchanged, including the old habits of deference to the nobles whose legal authority over the villagers remained quite strong. although the peasants were no longer tied to the land, the old paternalistic relationship in east prussia lasted into the 20th century.
18th-century history of germany