The Text Suggests That Organizations That Seek to Control Global

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Essay

The text suggests that organizations that seek to control global flows face competition from organizations that are fluid and open. What is meant by this? Provide an example of competition between a traditional and an open organization. Give one example of criteria that limit the effects of openness.

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Definitions:

Nonimportation Movement

A series of commercial restrictions adopted by American colonists to protest British revenue policies prior to the American Revolution.

Townshend Acts

The Townshend Acts were a series of British laws passed in the late 1760s imposing taxes on goods imported to the American colonies, including tea, glass, and paper, which contributed to growing colonial dissatisfaction and paved the way for the American Revolution.

American Merchants

American Merchants were key figures in the colonial and early America economic landscape, involved in trade, commerce, and the establishment of trade routes domestically and internationally.

Sons Of Liberty

Organization formed by Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and other radicals in response to the Stamp Act.