On September 13, 1759, the British under General James Wolfe (1727-59) achieved a dramatic victory when they scaled the cliffs over the city of Quebec to defeat French forces under Louis-Joseph de Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham (an area named for the farmer who owned the land).
New inventions and new technologies aided the growth of big businesses during the Industrial Revolution. The rise of these things helped big business to arise in at least two ways. First, inventions and technology allowed some of the first big businesses to get started.
It was "Vladimir the Great" who ordered Russians to convert to Orthodox Christianity, since he was very much impressed by the Orthodox churches in Constantinople.
