The Enlightenment was an<span> eighteenth-century European philosophical movement that emphasized the preeminence of reason rather than faith.</span>
<span>The story of Andrew Carnegie is an example of an extreme case of Philanthropic Acts. He was a Scottish-American industrialist that paved the way for the expansion of the American steel industry during the 19th century. He gave almost 90% of his fortune to charities, foundations, and universities because he believed the wealth is something to be used for the improvement not only of himself but of society. </span>
For new england colonies their activites are fishing, lumber and whaling
for middle colonies they depended on agriculture (mostly the production of wheat) shipping and trade
southern colonies trade and agriculture ( mostly tobacco and cotton)
an open system can be affected by the outside environment.
it has flows of information, energy, and/or matter between the system and its environment, and the system adapts to the exchange.
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