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Lord Cornwallis introduced the Permanent Settlement of Bengal in 1793.

The temperance movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was an exception in many ways: "Temperance" refers to the moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages.

However, in the context of the temperance movement, the term usually indicated complete abstinence, which means drinking no alcohol at all. The goal of the temperance movement in the United States was to make the production and sale of alcohol illegal. Supporters believed that prohibiting alcohol would solve a number of society's problems, making people safer, healthier, and more productive.

Scientific medicine typically develops in industruial societies.

Mercantilism was the principle that wealth of a nation comes from trading with other nations and also comes by imposing government regulations on all of the nation's economic interests.

The main principles of mercantilism:

• the country's wealth is determined by the amount of precious metals in the country,

• Wealth is created in business relations (International Trade)

• The goal is an active trade balance of trade,

• to serve protectionism, government subsidies and the issue of protective tariffs.