The Royal African Company was chartered in 1672 by the crown of England.
The Philippines has become one of the victims of colonialism as European powers compete for power and glory. Filipinos does not agree that their own land to be ruled by foreigners, which are the Spaniards, therefore revolutions were widespread throughout the archipelago at that time.
Shortly before the Civil War, Rockefeller and a partner established a shipping company in Cleveland, Ohio. The company made so much money during the war. In 1863, he and his partner invested in another business that refined crude oil from Pennsylvania into kerosene for illuminating lamps.
