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22 Cards in this Set
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spinning jenny
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invented by james hargreaves, could quickly spin many strands of cotton into thread
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flying shuttle
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invented by john kay, enabled workders to weave the strands of cotton into cloth much more rapidly
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crop rotation
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planting different crops in the same soil
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cottage industry
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a place where wool was spun and merged to make cotton
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factory
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a large building for making things
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1833 factory act
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placed limits on child labor
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john wesley
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a preacher in britain, created the methodist denomination, wesley and his followers supported many refortms including 1. improved prison 2. better working conditions
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william lloyd garrison
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famous american abolitionist, was the editor of the liberator through his writing, influenced many to support abolition
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arkwright
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invented patent, that prevented others from making similar devices for years
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fowler
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invented the steam tractor
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hargreaves
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invented the spinning jenny
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newton
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a former slave-ship captain
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kay
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flying shuttle
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mccormick
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reaping machine
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meikle
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threshing machine
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tull
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seed drill
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watt
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improved the steam engine
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whitney
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cotton gin
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wilberforce
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was a member of parliament; his greatest achievement was leading the effort to abolish slavery in the british empire; one month after his death parliament passed a bill that ended slavery in the british empire
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douglass
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a former slave; he was a persuasive spokesman for abolition
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society of friends
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quakers
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england
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first country to experience the industrial revolution and was a dominant nation in europe after napoleons defeat
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