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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 different 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 slavery.
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William Lloyd Garrison
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American abolitionist, editor for 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 Fowler
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Used the steam tractor to plow fields and dig drainage channels.
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James Hargreaves
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Used and 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 horse-drawn reaping machine which enabled farmers to cut wheat much more quickly.
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Andrew Meikle
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Invented the threshing machine which enabled a few men to seperate the wheat from the husks and stalks quickly.
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Jethro Tull
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Invented the Seed Drill which efficiently placed seeds in a row across a plot of land.
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James Watt
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Improved the Steam Engine which provided the necessary power to pull heavy loads in the form of tractors and locomotives.
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Eli Whitney
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Invented the Cotton Gin which enabled workers to process 50 pounds of cotton per day.
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William Wilberforce
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A member of parliament; his greatest achievement was leading the effort to abolish slavery in the British Empire.
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Frederick Douglass
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A former slave; he was a persuasive spokesman for abolition.
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Britain
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The 1st country to experience the Industrial Revolution and was the dominant nation in Europe after Napoleon's defeat.
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Quakers
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The Society Of Friends
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