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    which used reason instead of religion and changed history. Adam Smith‚ the father of modern economics and the father of capitalism‚ was the most influential Enlightenment thinker as his book “The Wealth of Nations” made a substantial impact on the modern day economy. Adam Smith focused on economics and He established economics to be its very own important topic and he was the first philosopher to focus on economics in society. Smith also argued that people working to earn money not only benefited

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    An Ambitious unworthy and vainglorious fellow" Captain John Smith is memorialized in this 1616 Simon van de Passe engraving. Captain John Smith is memorialized in this 1616 Simon van de Passe engraving. In 1609 Captain John Smith dispatched a party of English under Captain Francis West from Jamestown—labeled “Iames-towne” on this map—upriver to the Falls or “The Fales.” In 1609 Captain John Smith dispatched a party of English under Captain Francis West from Jamestown—labeled “Iames-towne”

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    John Smith was born on January 9‚ 1580 in Willoughby‚ England. He was an English adventurer and soldier‚ and one of the founders of Jamestown‚ Virginia and was the author of the first book written in America in English. At the age of sixteen after his father passed away‚ he ran away from home to volunteer in France who were fighting the Dutch independence from Spain. Two years later he headed toward the Mediterranean Sea where he began working on a merchant ship. At the age of twenty he joined

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    John Smith and William Bradford were both leaders of the colonies they established. Although their personalities and the way they did things differed‚ they both had the same ambition. The intentions these two fair men shared was to help their colony survive. "…a country that may have the prerogative over the most pleasant places known‚ for large and pleasant navigable rivers‚ heaven and earth never agreed better to frame a place for man’s habitation…" -- Captain John Smith‚ 1612. Captain John Smith

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    Adam Smith was a Scottish moral philosopher‚ known for his view and use of capitalism. Smith helped spread the ideology of privatization and free market‚ and is often credited on creating modern economics. Smith opposed government use and regulation in trade and consumption‚ arguing it was only a producer and consumers business. Smith lived in an era of mercantilism‚ and found it useless and unhelpful for trade‚ and illogical for only benefitting two countries. Smith found specialization key; the

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    John Smith wrote this book with the purpose of creating his own historical narrative rather than rewrite heroics in history. Smith filled this work with his history and his life from his perspective along with tales and other stories from his adventures and time in the military. In this literary piece Smith shows the relationship between Early English Settlers and American Indians‚ shows the lifestyle of Early English Settlers‚ and shows the determination that the settlers had to build a new country

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    John Smith and William Bradford are both explorers that came to the New World in hopes of a better life. There are many comparisons and contrasts to be made between the two. You can elict from their writing styles that in both writers’ works‚ their purpose is to inform and persuade. Both of their stories began the same‚ entering the New World as callow foreigners trying to start a colony while fighting off starvation‚ disease‚ and Native American (or ”savages” as John Smith calls them) attacks.

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    Definitions of Economics by Adam Smith and Alfred Marshall When it comes to economics‚ there are various definitions as mentioned below: • Science of wealth • Science of material well being • Science of choice making and • Science of dynamic growth and development Science of wealth: Some earlier economists defined economics as detailed below: According to the classical economists‚ economics has been defined as the science of wealth. Adam Smith was known as the father modern economics

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    Adam Smith‚ Karl Marx and Karl Polanyi‚ have influenced capitalism in different ways. Adam Smith known as the father of the political economy‚ developed the concept of the invisible hand; which explains how self-interest and competition in a free market economy‚ would allow economic prosperity. Likewise‚ Smith developed the concept of the division of labour which articulates that different jobs in a business should be specialised‚ instead of one person having to carry out all the processes. Karl

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    George Orwell depicts Winston Smith as a typical individual readers can relate to the most. Though the readers aren’t physically going through what Winston went through‚ the reader can imagine the society the way the protagonist saw it. Winston shows that he is a loyal party member by working in the Ministry of Truth‚ where he changes historical records in correspondence to Big Brother’s wishes‚ regardless if the information was right or wrong. At the same time‚ Winston has an internal conflict for

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