Geography 3422A/B Study Guide - Cash Flow
20 Sep 2012
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Video: the day the universe changed 9/11/2012 1:54:00 pm. Rich english men would bring in poor people from africa to harvest all the sugar on the caribbean islands: sugar producers then were like oil producers now, controlled thousands of slaves by keeping them frightened. Wanted to make enough money to retire back home. Also introduced stocks and investment in companies both in england and overseas. 1700"s a lot of new ideas like import and export: there was no tax on profits in the 1700"s, decenters considered to be potentially dangerous revolutionary fanatics (religious people) Not allowed to gather in public or go to university. Set up their own academies all over the country. Learned things that we are still learning today, turned out the equivalent of harvard grads today.
