The majority of the first European settlers in the US were indentured servants, a form of labor debt that one willingly sells oneself into. Additionally, the initial settlements were funded by capital and new forms of business organization such as the joint-stock company. Most people are pretty well-informed about Indentured servitude and the trading companies, so this entry focuses mainly on the conditions responsible for the populating of the Americas with people from the Old World. ...

I wrote this many years ago in college.



Third party politics has existed in the United States ever since there has been some type of formal electoral and political process. However, third party candidates have more often than not been forgettable, non-victorious, and un-influential candidates. Nevertheless, there is one candidate who paved the way for all...

This is a reposting of a contribution to the "How did India go from Being a Rich Country to a Poor Country" thread.

Two of the earliest policies in India were to establish monopolies in key industries such as salt, tobacco, and essential spices, as well as to discourage manufacturing.

The most significant early economic policy of the British was the salt tax. It is said that in hot regions salt is worth more than gold. It was a necessity of life, which is...

The Western powers ended up conquering nearly the entire world and kept the indigenous populations in check with the promise they would help them industrialize and become civilized like Europe. Some of the native peoples of Asia and Africa put up a fight against losing their countries to the colonial powers such as England and France, but ended up losing. That was just the beginning of their troubles, colonialism helped to ruin and was a detriment to these once independent nations. One aspect...

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