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BJU History of Civ 15b, 18, 19a
The Agrigultural and Industrial Revolution, The French Revolution, The Age of Napoleon
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Undergraduate 1
02/10/2011

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Tull
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English, perfected iron plow, drill to plant seeds
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Townsend
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English, developed crop rotation
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Bakewell
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English, created a better animal breeding method
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Kay
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English, Invented flying shuttle- a faster way to weave and make larger bolts of cloth
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Hargreaves
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English, spinning jenny- more thread, spindle
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Arkwright
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water frame- water powering machines
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Newcomen
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steam engine- most important of the Industrial Revolution
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Watt
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perfected steam engine- made an unlimited supply of power
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Cort
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English, Developed a method for making purer iron
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Crompton
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English, Spinning mule- more thread
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Whitney
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American, cotton gin- picks cotton faster
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enclosures [enclosure movement]
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fences around property
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Agricultural Revolution
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the development of new ways to make growing crops easier
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Industrial Revolution
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the development of machines to speed up production, beginning in England
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domestic (putting out) system of textile production
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people in homes hired to do one stage of the production process
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Louis XV
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king, worsening economic situation, tried to make reforms and failed
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Louis XVI
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king during the French Revolution
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Necker
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Swiss banker; France's director of finances, tried to erase debts rather than pay them, got fired
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Calonne
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2nd minister of finance, wanted a land tax to fix the debt, nobility didn't want it and fired him
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Brienne
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3rd minister of finance, realized the bad economic situation, supported Calonne's land tax, was fired and replaced with Necker again
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Estates General
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French parliament; 3 estates- clergy, nobility, and everyone else
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Third Estate
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made up of mostly middle class merchants and professionals
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cahiers
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lists of grievances that the different estates brought with them to be fixed by the estates general, mostly reform of the government and equality of rights
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National Assembly
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created by the 3rd Estate when their ideas were ignored by the other two estates, were in favor of having a limited monarchy. controlled by the Upper Middle Class
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Tennis Court Oath
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the National Assembly met in a Tennis Court and vowed not to leave until they had a written constitution
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Bastille, July 14, 1789
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a lack of bread in Paris, so the people went to the Bastille to get weapons and pandemonium broke loose and many people were killed
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Great Fear
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the peasants heard a rumor that the king was going to send troops to plunder their villages
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Declaration of the Right of Man and the Citizen
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the French Bill of Rights created by the National Assembly
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Constitution of 1791 [constitutional monarchy]
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created by the National Assembly. the king would be accountable to the Assembly and only had limited power
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metric system
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created by the National Assembly to help the economy
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