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industrial revolution began in   Britain (England)  
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Industrial Revolution refers to   shift from simple hand tools to complex machines and from human and animal power to steam power  
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Three causes of the Industrial Revolution   agricultural revolution, population explosion, energy revolution  
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The early Industrial Revolution occurred between   1750 and 1850  
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New sources of energy were   water (water wheels) coal for fuel, steam  
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A vital power source of the early Industrial Revolution   steam engine  
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Jethro Tull   seed drill  
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James Watt   improved the steam engine  
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Abraham Darby   produced better quality and less expensive iron  
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Robert Fulton   Steamboat- Clermont  
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turnpikes   privately built roads that charged a fee for usage  
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factories   places where workers, machines, and raw material were brought together to produce goods  
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coal and iron   natural resources that gave Britain an advantage in the Industrial Revolution  
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Coal was important to the Industrial Revolution because   it provided the fuel to produce iron  
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textiles   the industry in which the Industrial Revolution first took hold  
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urbanization   movement of people from rural areas to cities  
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main reason that employers preferred women to men   able to pay them less  
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child labor was accepted by parents because   they needed the money  
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socialism   an economic system that focuses on ending class struggle  
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proletariat   working class  
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prophet of laissez-faire economics- capitalism   Adam Smith  
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Karl Marx   philosopher who thought that history was a struggle between classes  
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Who benefited the most from the Industrial Revolution?   the middle class  
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Robert Owen   mill owner who worked for child labor laws  
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the population increase due to   1. decline in death rate due to better food supply 2. some diseases faded away 3. better hygiene and sanitation 4. improved medical care  
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factors that played a role in the Agricultural Revolution   1. Dutch reclaimed land from sea to build dikes 2. used fertilizer from livestock to improve the soil 3. mixing of different soils to get higher crop yield 4. crop rotation 5. invention of seed drill 6. breeding stronger horses for work  
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What were the factors that helped Britain take a lead in industrialization?   1.lots of coal and iron and resources from colonies, 2. plenty of workers due to Ag. Revolution and urbanization, 3. technology know-how, capital, and market for goods, 4. stable gov't, 5. good political and social conditions  
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communism   form of socialism that focuses on ending class struggle  
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