Does the united states still believe today that it has a special destiny in the world? how do these beliefs affect how we act in the world and what other countries think about us?

Yes, we believe that it is our "destiny" to promote democracy around the globe. For some countries this makes us noble, for others we are a villain. Often the pursuit of democracy can be used as a figurehead for seeking profits in war

Early 18th century british industries were generally small scale and relatively unsophisticated. most textile production, for example, was centred on small workshops or in the homes of spinners, weavers and dyers: a literal ‘cottage industry’ that involved thousands of individual manufacturers. such small-scale production was also a feature of most other industries, with different regions specialising in different products: metal production in the midlands, for example, and coal mining in the north-east.two illustrations of 18t