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Only allowed his best sheep to breed.
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People should judge ideas, institutions, and actions on the basis of their utility, or usefullness.
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Invented by John Kay.
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Invented by James Hargreaves.
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Funded James Watt so that Watt could build better engines for the steam engine.
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James Watt
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University of Glasgow professor defended the idea of a free economy, or free market in The Wealth of Nations.
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Samuel Crompton
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Eli Whitney.
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System which money is invested in business ventures with the goal of making a profit.
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Improved road transportation by putting large stones on the road for drainage.
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An optomistic view of human nature, a belief in progress, and a concern for social justice.
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A form of complete socialism in which all means of production would be owned by the people. No private property, All goods and services would be shared equally.
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Won a bet by hauling ten tons of iron over 10 miles by steam engine.
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Made it illegal for businesses to hire a child under the age of 9. Also limited the amount of hours employers are allowed to work the eligable children over the age of 9.
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WIlliam Wilberforce pushed for the abolishment of salvery while he was a member of the British parliment and continued to fight for it after he was retired. Britain abolished slavery in 1833.
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Samuel F. B. Morse
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Helped working women and their children by limiting the amount of time the women and children could work to 10 hours.
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Wrote Mary Barton, a work of fiction.
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Most states established public schooling for children because of a man names Horace Mann who said, " we must enrich their minds with knowledge, then our republic must go down to destruction.
