<span>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was baptized as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was born January 27, 1765, and died December 5, 1791, living up to 26 years old. He was a composer, a pianist, and a violinist. He is best known for his compositions, which includes symphonies, concertos, sonatas, operas, and much more. Since a very early age, he was a prodigal musician. He married Maria Constanze Cäcilia Josepha Johanna Aloysia Mozart, or Contanze Mozart, later in his life. However, due to his hard work, he lived only to a young age. He continued writing the Requiem, which he was writing for someone else, even up to the days before he died. He spent his last two weeks in bed, but he kept writing this particular piece. He suspected himself of being poisoned, yet if it was an illness, there was no specified illness. He died with his unfinished<span> manuscript of Requiem in bed. </span></span>
Mercantilism, an economic policy designed to increase a nation's wealth through exports, thrived in Great Britain between the 16th and 18th centuries. Between 1640-1660, Great Britain enjoyed the greatest benefits of mercantilism. The resulting favorable balance of trade was thought to increase national wealth.
In his Notes on the State of Virginia, published in 1785, Jefferson expressed the beliefs that slavery corrupted both masters and slaves alike, supported colonization of freed slaves, promoted the idea that African-Americans were inferior in intelligence, and that emancipating large numbers of slaves.
France returned to the North American stage in 1778 to support American colonists against Great Britain in the Revolutionary War. For France, the military defeat and the financial burden of the Seven Years' War weakened the monarchy and eventually contributed to the advent of the French Revolution in 1789.
