the US Military has had networks like the internet since the 60's but it was CERN in Geneva, Switzerland and Tim-Berners Lee who set up our modern internet. CERN is eccentially a research and technology organization, so it is just one of their projects
Prince Henry the Navigator
Prince Henry of Portugal laid the groundwork for a new era of exploraion. aka Henry the Navigator
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Jackson's Indian Policy laid the groundwork for how future presidents often dealt with Indians--by force.
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President Herbert Hoover -FaT BuNniE
The reformation broke the absolute power of the Catholic Church. Monarchies and the aristocracies were still dominant, but the groundwork had been laid for the emergence of democracy.
Reform movements laid the groundwork for constitutional changes. The reformists lobbied, protested, and gave lectures. People eventually listened and change occurred.
both failed initially but laid the groundwork for future independence.
The Internet, as we know it today, began to take shape in the late 1960s with the development of ARPANET, the first packet-switching network funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. ARPANET was officially commissioned in 1969, and it laid the groundwork for the protocols and technologies that would evolve into the modern Internet. The term "Internet" itself became commonly used in the early 1980s as networking technologies expanded.
The groundwork for the era of exploration was laid by several factors, including advances in shipbuilding technology, increased demand for trade routes to Asia, and the desire to spread Christianity. Additionally, the patronage of rulers and monarchs, such as Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, played a significant role in funding and supporting exploratory expeditions.
("Abba" meaning father in Hebrew) Theodore Herzyl is considered to be the Father of Modern Zionism which laid the groundwork for modern Israel.