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| A member of the Prussian landed aristocracy, a class formerly associated with political reaction and militarism. |
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| The Bank of England was founded in 1694 to act as the Government's banker and debt-manager. Since then its role has developed and evolved, centred on the management of the nation's currency and its position at the centre of the UK's financial system. |
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The Seven Years War was a conflict between the major European powers with France, Austria, and Russia on one side and Great Britian and Prussia on the other.
The war coincided with the French / British colonial struggle in North America and India. As a result of the conflict Great Britain became the leader in overseas colonization and Prussia emerged as a powerful force in Europe. Great Britain won North America and India |
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| Cottage industry was created after the demand of cotton cloth. For the people to make clothes the cottages were provided and that was the people’s workplace. The merchants were the employers and the employees were mostly the people around them who could sew and make clothes. |
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| Beginning in the late sixteenth century, it became fashionable for young aristocrats to visit Paris, Venice, Florence, and above all Rome, as the culmination of their classical education. |
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| Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745). |
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| Life, Liberty, and Property |
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| The practice of killing newborn infants |
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| A Scottish economist, gambler, banker, murderer, royal advisor, exile, rake and adventurer. The scarcity theory of value and the real bills doctrine of money. |
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| Law The right of the eldest child, especially the eldest son, to inherit the entire estate of one or both parents. |
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