The renaissance period changed several positions.
Artists went up in status.
Writers went up in status.
Thinkers went up in status.
Doctors went up in status.
Craftsmen went up in status.
Traders went up in status. (Made much money. Check out several Italian families.)
The clergy went down in status. Particular not seen as all knowing.
Questioning the church and individuals motivates for their own personal gain. (Reformation)
Steamboats, introduced in 1807, disrupt the natural environment by the need for fuel lead to deforestation and air pollution.
The first Steamboat, known as the clermont on the Hudson River in 1807, Robert Fulton ad Robert Livingston introduced the first Steamboat. It became the prefered mode of water transportation.
Denis Diderot, a french writer who published the first encyclopedia in mid 1700
