Create a chronological flowchart that connects Laissez Faire: Adam Smith publishes the Wealth of Nations, which today is considered a fundamental work in classical economics (1776) to Seward’s Folly: Russia sold Alaska to the United States, ending Russian plans to make the North Pacific a Russian sea (1867). There should be a minimum and maximum of seven steps in between.

for starters, there is the structural trend of rising primary government expenditure as a share of gdp, which reached 36% in 2014, up from 22% in 1991. this increase reflected a political desire to address the poverty and inequality that had gone unaddressed during previous decades. to support the increase, brazil’s government increased taxes on consumption and promoted progress toward labor-market formalization. nonetheless, public investment, particularly in infrastructure, took a hit. in fact, with the exception of the 2005-2008 period, total investment as a share of gdp has remained below 20% since 1991.

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d. migration of french settlers into english colonies

a.impressment of us soldiers