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History, 2013

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The Industrial Reolution   A period in time when many new inventions helped productivity, creating new jobs  
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Why Britan?   Britain had a large population, merchants, and materials  
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Textiles   Cloth with a high demand  
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Factories   Buildings that produce goods, powered by running water  
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James Watt   Invented the steam engine  
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Steam engine   Used cole for fuel and made it possible for factories to be away from running water  
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The Rocket   A train that went 16 mph, could transport goods and people  
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Benefits of the "the iron horse"   Passengers and goods could be brought into different countries and areas, faster  
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Robert Fulton   An American, built the first successful steamship  
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Benefits of steam powered ships   Cargo and passengers could be carried long distances in large groups  
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Changes in farming   There were many new machines to increase productivity  
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Cyrus McCormick   An American who came up with the horse drawn reaper  
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John Deere   An American who came up with a better, steel plow  
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The middle class   The middle class was fairly wealthy and included people like farmers merchants and bankers  
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The working class   The largest class comprised of people who came looking for a better job and had terrible conditions  
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Life in industrial cities   The working-class people with a poorly built houses and has terrible living conditions while people the middle class had it better  
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Unions   A group of workers join together to demand higher working conditions  
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Strike   A way to demand higher working conditions where you quit your job until you get your way  
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Karl Marx   German thinker who thought at all workers should have good treatment  
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Socialism   Carl Marx's ideas which began to catch on in other countries  
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