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Chapter 22 AP European Hist
Industrial Revolution AP EURO VOCAB
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Undergraduate 1
01/05/2006

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Sir Richard Arkwright
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Invented water frame at almost the same time as the spinning jenny was invented.
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Jeremy Bentham
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Believed that public problems should dealt with on a rational scientific basis. Believed in the idea of the greatest good for the greatest number. Wrote, Principles of Morals and Legislation.
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Edmund Cartwright
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Inventor of the modern power loom.
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Chartism
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Agitation against poor laws-working class discontent.
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Combination Acts
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1799 and 1800-made trade unionism illegal.
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The Communist Manifesto
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Pamphlet written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels-basis of Socialism.
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Corn Laws
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1815 tariff on imported grain to protect domestic producers. Never worked well.
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Henry Cort
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Refined pig iron-puddling furnace-heavy rolling mills
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Benjamin Disraeli
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British Conservative-extended vote to all middle class male workers, needed to broaden aristocratic voter base.
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Friedrich Engels
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Condition of Working Class in England society’s problems caused by capitalism and competition. Colleague of Karl Marx.
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Factory Act 1833
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Created factory worday for children between 9-13 to 8 hours a day. Not applicable to home. Outlawed child labor under 9-factory owners establish schools. Destroyed family unit.
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Charles Fourier
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French social theorist-criticized capitalism-wanted socialist utopia and emancipation of women. Theory of Four Movements.
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James Hargreaves
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About 1705 invented spinning jenny
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Industrialization
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New inventions, cotton and iron-changed small businesses beyond all recognition.
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John Kay
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Inventor of flying shuttle, (1733).
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Laissez-faire capitalism
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Minimal governmental interference in the economic affairs. Adam Smith and Francois Quesnay.
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Karl Marx
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German - father of socialism-emancipation of women-Communist Manifesto.
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Thomas Newcomen
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1705 invented steam engine that used coal, very inefficient.
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Robert Owen
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Scottish spoke out about hiring children. Created mills in New Harmony.
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Henry Palmerston
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Hawkish English Foreign Minister during revolutions of 1848.
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A People's Charter
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Draft of reform Bill which called for universal suffrage payment of members of Parliament and annual elections-6 main points.
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Poor Law
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1834, Gave some aid to the poor, but not very helpful against unemployment. Very favorable to employers.
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First Reform Bill
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1832, Modified the old political system by easing voting qualifications (but still not easy to qualify!). Abolished some smaller boroughs.
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Second Reform Bill
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1867, Conservatives and Liberals trying to gain votes. Disraeli's Conservatives extended the vote to almost 1 million more voters.
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Tory
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Political party in Britain controlled by aristocracy.
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Utopian Socialism
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Ideal society based on socialist ideals-Louis Blanc and Charles Fourier
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James Watt
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Added a condenser to Newcomen's steam engine to make it more efficient. Led to steam becoming a viable source of power.
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Whig
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British party more responsive to commercial and manufacturing interests.
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