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Invented by John Kay
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Invented by James Hargreaves
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James Watt was born on 19 January 1736. He was a mathematical instrument maker at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. In 1765, he improved the steam engine to run faster and more efficiently. This improvement has changed the way steam boats and trains operate. He died on 25 August 1819.
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Invented by Richard Arkwright
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An idea of free market by Adam Smith. The idea is writen in The Wealth of Nations.
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Invented by Samuel Crompton
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Jeremy Bentham worte about the idea of people judging ideas that are useful or not in his Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation in 1780. The government should do what the majority wanted. This is called utilitarianism. John Stuart Mill led the movement in 1800s.
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Invented by Edmund Cartwright
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Invented by Eli Whitney
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Lived from 1759 to 1832. In 1799, he made it to Belgium from Britain with plans on how to build a spinning machine. This pushed Belgium to industrialize.
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In 1813, Fancis Cabot Lowell and others were the first to change the textile industry. They mechanized every step of the process and they built a factory in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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Willaim Wilberforce was a member of the British Parliament. He led the movement to end slavery in Britain. In 1825, he retired from Parliament but still continued his work to free the slaves. The slaves were freed in 1833.
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Charles Fourier, Saint-Simon, and others created socialism. Socialism is an economic system where the factors of production are owned by the public. The government should also control the factories, mines, railroads, and other industries.
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The British Parliment ended skav trade in the British West Indies in 1807. Britain ended slavery in their own territory in 1833
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Women and children are limited to ten hours of work in factories in Britain
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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels both wrote The Communist Manifesto. The pamphlet described the Industrial Revolution widen the gap between the wealthy and the poor. From this Marx created communism which is a complete from of socialism. In a communist country, all wealth, goods, and services are shared equally among the people. There is also no government once a country reaches a pure form of communism.
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Born on November 28, 1820. He helped Karl Marx write The Communist Masifesto. He also helped support Marx when Marx did not have any money. Die on August 5, 1895.
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The Union won the Civil War and ended slavery in the United States
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Women activists from around the world founded the International Council for Women
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Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835. In 1892, he formed the Carnegie Steel Company. Carnegie died in August 1919
