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26 Cards in this Set
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What 3 countries were the first to industrialize?
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England
France United States |
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When did England industrialize?
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1748
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What were England's main resources?
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coal and iron
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What did England lack?
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wood
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What type of transportation did England have?
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canals
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Did England have a good economy?
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Yes!
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When did France industrialize?
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After 1815
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How were France's resources?
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Not good
-bad coal -didn't know much about iron -lack of wood |
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How was the French transportation system?
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Bad!
-not a lot of canals -not good transportation |
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How was the French economy?
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Bad!
-not a lot of money -people looking for jobs |
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When did the United States industrialize?
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After 1781
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What resources did the U.S. have?
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-Coal
-Iron -Wood |
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How was the U.S. transportation system?
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It was alright.
Some good transportation |
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How was the United States' economy?
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Alright
-there was a labor shortage |
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Thomas Jefferson wrote this in 1785
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"Notes on Virginia"
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What did the United States export?
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-tobacco
-cotton -wood -rice -indigo (dye) |
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In 1785, the U.S. produce one-______ of the world's iron
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seventh
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The United States had many shipbuilders. True or False
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True
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Eli Whitney patenned the cotton gin in what year?
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1793
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Why did Francis Lowell go to Britain and in what year?
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He went because of his health in 1815
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What person saw British factories and stole their ideas?
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Francis Lowell
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What year did Francis Lowell create Lowell, Mass.?
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1823
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What did Clermont introduce?
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The first steam powered boat
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What was the year when the first steam powered boat was introduced and who was it?
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Clermont in 1807
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Before The American System started, what were Americans doing?
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Stealing ideas from Britain
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What year did the American System start to take place?
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1842
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