In
ancient times, craftsmen trained their children to learn the family trade. From
40,000 BC to 5,000 BC the family trade was hunting and gathering for food and
water and battling rival clans. In 5,000 BC farming, wine making, mining flint,
gold and gems and building wood, thatch and stone structures were added.
In 4,000
BC, reed and wooden boats began to appear.
The Copper
Age dated at 3,500 BC, the Bronze Age dated at 3,300 BC and the Iron Age dated
at 1,200 BC. In 400 BC, Steel was made in India.
Jesus
started as an apprentice for Joseph and became a journeyman carpenter, stone
mason and builder. In the middle ages, the middle class was formed the same way
to create infrastructure, equipment, shipping and trade routes. This produced
wealthy merchants and excellent craftsmen.
Families
moved to America in the 1600s and to Australia in the 1700s to own land and
establish family farms, plantations and ranches. Craftsmen like blacksmiths,
metal, wood and leather workers taught their children the family trade. In the
1800s, the inventions discovered in the 1600s were being applied. The Steam
Engine appeared on Locomotives and in Factories. Mass production would replace
craftsmen and their family businesses, so it was the craftsmen who created the
factories. The rapid advance of the Industrial Revolution allowed for many
other occupations to be created based on consumer demand. The mechanization of
the Steam Engine led to the invention of the combustion engine and the
automobile and airplane.
By 1900,
we discovered that adding chlorine to water killed bacteria. We built sanitary
sewers. We invented electricity. We replaced the telegraph with the telephone.
We replaced the Ice Box with the refrigerator. We were implementing these
improvements by 1920. We were entering a time when our children could join us
in a family business if we had one, but could also work in a myriad of
occupations and pursue their own means of self-support.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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