Cutting off the colonies trade with other countries, taxing the colonists without their consent, and ignoring their petitions.
The main power given to the war industries board after its creation in 1917 was swords and many other weapons.
John Wallis was an English clergyman and mathematician who is given partial credit for the development of infinitesimal calculus. Between 1643 and 1689 he served as chief cryptographer for Parliament and, later, the royal court. He is credited with introducing the symbol ∞ to represent the concept of infinity.