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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 dealth with on a rational scientific basis believed in the idea of the greatest good for the greatest number wrote PRinciples of MOrlas 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 agaistn poor laws working class dicontent
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combination acts
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1799 and 1800 made trade unionsim 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 law
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1815 tariff on imiported 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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bristish 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 of 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 destoryed family unit
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charles fourier
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french social theorist cristicized capitalism wanted socialist utopia and emanicipation 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
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Laissez faire capitalism
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minimal governmental interfernce 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 Commnunist Manifesto
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Thomas Newcomen
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1705 invented steam engine that used coal very inefficent
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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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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 agaistn unemployement 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 to 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 newcomens 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 commerical and manufacturing interests
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