Business was the engine for the revolutionary changes that developed in the new world. The political and social ideals of the Am Revolution - independence, equality, democracy and individualism were inextricably connected to business activity. The corporation began to be used by American businessmen immediately after the Revolution. By the beginning of the twentieth century it had become characteristic of American business. Labor is always a problem - there is never enough labor Slavery and indentures help Goal is always to get more from labor.
Corporation establishes a single national market - creates modern consumer society.
2. activity, briskness. 1423 - the squirrel was full of business 3. 1466 - by the business of her tongue. 4. eagerness, earnestness. Care attention, observance 7. trouble, difficulty.