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Agricultural Revolution
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A massive increase in agricultural productivity and net output. Encouraged population growth, driving the Industrial Revolution.
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Demand for cheap cotton
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Change in upper class fashion and new developments in cotton industry led to higher demand
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Spread of Capitialism
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Maximized profits and encouraged inovations, made money out of money
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Karl Marx and Communism
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Founder of communism, against capitalism
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Importance of coal
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Foundation of new factories, allowed for new energy supplies and manufacturing of goods, was very cheap and easier to use than water or wood
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Luddites
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Were a social movement of British textile artisans in the early nineteenth century who protested—often by destroying mechanized looms—against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt were leaving them without work.
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Overseas colonies
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Brought in other raw materials
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The factory system
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Each worker created a separate part of the total assembly of a product, thus increasing the efficiency of factories.
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