In response to the mistrust of the federal government that grew out of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal, in 1976, Congress enacted the Act, which tried to increase transparency by requiring that government agencies hold open forums to allow the public to comment on their decisions, regulations, and performance.

Old telephone. is prehistoric object

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