Thats a bit hard to read...
In the United States, the Progressives very much wanted to eliminate corruption in both business and government, since they felt that such corruption was making it impossible for the lower classes to advance in society.
The most significant discovery of
the route of the sea to India by the Portuguese around 1500. Usually it was a
gradual period of changes. The most important change may have been the shift of
a major part of the "Oriental" trade from Constantinople to Venice.
As I mentioned elsewhere: Titusville, PA is the location of the first major oil strike in the United States.
In many ways, Titusville marked the beginning of America's obsession with oil and with the business world's interest in oil as a major economic driver.
