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A man named Cornelius Vanderbilt uses 100 steamboats, during the year of 1855, to create a transatlantic steamship business.
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A man named John D. Rockefeller is the first person to found oil.
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During the 1860s, Vanderbilt decides to buy railroads throughout New York using the money from his business. However, he decides to invest all of his money into railroads. When his investment was finally successful, he owned $25 million dollars in railroads. This results in his expansion into a railroad empire.
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John D. Rockefeller decides to build a pipeline that stretches almost 4,000 miles long when completed. This results in the bankruptcy of many of his competitors.
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George D. Rockefeller agrees to partner with Vanderbilt, because of Rockefeller's poor, struggling business, in order to bring oil to Vanderbilt.
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John D. Rockefeller forms a company called Standard Oil, the first oil company.
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During the 1870s, Cornelius Vanderbilt and, his rival, Tom Scott decide to work together to bankrupt Rockefeller in order to take over the oil refinery for themselves.
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Rockefeller decides to shut down the area of the pipeline that supported the company of Tom Scott, and his personal assisstant, Andrew Carnegie. This results in them having to reduce the condition of their workers, which angered them. Because of this, workers burnt down the railroads there, which resulted in the company's bankruptcy.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt passed away from chronic disorder in January 4, 1877. This leaves his son to pass on the tradition, but this soon results in the company's downfall. After the loss of Vanderbilt, Rockefeller becomes the new richest man in America.
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John D. Rockefeller expands his company, until it owned 90% of the oil refinery. This gives him monopoly - like abilities, which is the ability to buy out everything, including your own government. This method is illegal currently.
