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22 Cards in this Set
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Spinning Jenny
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Machine that could quickly spin many strands of cotton into thread
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flying shuttle
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Enabled workers to weave strands of cotton into cloth much more rapidly
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crop rotation
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Planting differnet crops in the same field
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cottage industry
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Wool spun to make cloth at home
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factory
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Large centrally located buildings that housed larger weaving machines
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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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promoted the abolition of slaverly
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William Lloyd Garrison
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American aboltionist; edited 'The Liberator'
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Richard Arkwright
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Used patents to control the sales of inventions
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John Flower
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Invented the steam tractor
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James Hargreaves
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Invented the spinning jenny
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John Newton
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a former slave-ship captain
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John Kay
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invented the flying shuttle
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Cyrus McCormick
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invented the reaping machine
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Andrew Meikle
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invented the threshing machine
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Jethro Tull
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invented the seed drill
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James Watt
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made improvments to the steam engine
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Eli Whitney
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invented the cotton gin
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William Wilberforce
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greatest achievement was leading the effort to abolish slavery in the British Empire; was also apart of British Parliament
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Frederick Douglass
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a former slave; was a persuasive spokesmen for abolition.
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Britian
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1st country to experience the Industrial Revoultion and was the dominant nation in Europe after Napolen's defeat
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Society of Friends
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Quakers in America were among the first to speak out against slaverly
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