Adam Smith’s ‘Division of Labour’ (1776) Great increase of the quantity of work‚ owing to: 1. Increase in dexterity in every particular workman 2. Saving of the time commonly lost in passing from one species of work to other 3. Invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labor Frederick Taylor’s ‘Principles of Scientific Management’ (1911) * Replacement of rule of thumb methods with scientific measurement * Scientific selection and training
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1. Letter to friend in England. Dearest Friend of England‚ 1776 I know it is hard to believe we (the colonists) would be on the verge of a revolution against our own homeland. My father has explained to me the reasons we deserve independence from God‚ the King‚ and the British people. There are many things going on in the colonies to lead us to our current thoughts. The British people have imposed many Acts upon us colonists. In the year 1767‚ British parliament passed Mr. Charles
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Early American and Colonial Period to 1776 American literature begins with the orally transmitted myths‚ legends‚ tales‚ and lyrics (always songs) of Indian cultures. There was no written literature among the more than 500 different Indian languages and tribal cultures that existed in North America before the first Europeans arrived. As a result‚ Native American oral literature is quite diverse. Narratives from quasi-nomadic hunting cultures like the Navajo are different from stories of settled
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1763 From the very beginning the American colonies were a revolutionary force waiting to be unleashed. Though there were many things that led up to the American Revolution many historians think that the events that took place in the year 1763 were huge turning points in the road to the revolution. The year 1763 changed the way a lot of colonists felt towards England and vise versa. There were Many things that took place in 1763 I will talk about three of them‚ The French and Indian war (also know
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Shannon Friant 11/18/14 American History Midterm 3.Write a chronology of The American Revolution from 1763-1781. On February 10th‚ 1763 the Signing of the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Year’s War‚ also known as the French and Indian War in North America. France ceded all mainland North American territories‚ except New Orleans‚ in order to retain her Caribbean sugar islands. Britain gained all territory east of the Mississippi River. Spain kept territory west of the Mississippi‚ but exchanged
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Matthew Ibasitas Mr. Dwyer Summer TR AP U.S. History 9//14 Thematic Response Colonization (1607-1763) – Without colonization‚ the thing that started it all‚ there would be no means of any history subsequently. Starting with the very first‚ the Jamestown settlement is regarded as the first permanent English settlement in what we now call the United States of America. It was founded on May 14‚ 1607 in the Virginia Colony. This specific event would rightfully go through America in the world and Environment
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The reasons why the colonists rebelled against the British in 1776 were many. Unfair taxation‚ violations of human rights‚ changes in the British military policies‚ and a long legacy of both religious and political ideas prompted the colonists to break away from British rule and declare their own independence. Taxation was clearly one of the major factors that led to the colonists’ rebellion. In 1763‚ George Grenville became the prime minister of England. While in office‚ he noticed that England
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Chapter 4: Slavery‚ Freedom‚ and the Struggle for Empire‚ to 1763 I. Olaudah Equiano II. Slavery and the Empire A. The Triangular Trades 1. A series of triangular trade routes crisscrossed the Atlantic. 2. Colonial merchants all profited from the slave trade. 3. Slavery became connected with the color black and liberty with the color white. B. Africa and the Slave Trade 1. With the exception of the king of Benin‚ most African rulers took part in the slave trade‚ gaining guns and textiles
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Before the year 1763‚ many colonists were proud to be a part of England‚ but the year 1763 would juristically change that. England had used their militia from the colonies to aid them in the French and Indian war. England promised that after the war they would be given land west of the Appalachian Mountains. Then‚ there was tension between England and the Natives Americans‚ and that prevented England to give colonists their promised lands. The act that prevented colonists to move westward was called
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Chavelle Maitland Montego Bay Community College History (Yr 2) “Colonial rivalry was the MAIN reason for the European wars from 1650-1763”. How far is it possible to agree with this statement? "As sources of wealth for their European owners‚ the colonies became as important a cause of war in the eighteenth century as quarrels in Europe itself. Commerce‚ colonies and power in Europe were vitally connected‚ and any limitation of trading rights or any blow to a colony was a method of keeping the
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