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    operational inputs into "outputs" that‚ when distributed‚ meet the needs of customers What is the Industrial Revolution? The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines‚ new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes‚ improved efficiency of water power‚ the increasing use of steam power‚ and the development of machine tools. It

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    expansion-established several frontiers-A. Took several century to understand the geography. The Fur Trade: 1. Flourished between 1670-1840s‚ important spur to the exploration of w.-B.+F. First to explore W. In search of beaver pelt-depended on N.A.(Cree‚Assiniboins&Blackfeet)-creating metis-B. Dominated fur trade-A. Wanted to challenge it-Lewis&Clark expedition& “rendezvous”system by 1820s of Rocky M. Fur Company by Ashley-met at appointed location to trade- loud‚polyglot&many-day affair w/ many nations. 2. Mountain

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    and Mississippi - Abraham Lincoln - Preventing white settlers from moving in on Indian land Assimilation- Sue in court Cherokee Tribe - Romanized their language to make it their language using our alphabet - Literate - Gold rush- 1820s Worcester vs. Georgia - “Cherokee are a nation‚ they aren’t just people inside the United States” - Indians won in court Trail of Tears - Sent to Oklahoma - Fed poorly‚ susceptible to disease‚ river boats Herrenfolk Democracy Ruled

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    1. MOTIVATION AND OUTLINE Although the repeal of the Corn Laws is one of the most studied questions in 19th century tariff politics‚ its historical interpretations are still disputable today. The repeal of the Corn Laws is historically relevant because of “its alleged significance as an indication of the waning of aristocratic domination of British politics” (McKeown 1989: 353). Historiography has to solve the following empirical puzzle: in 1846 Charles Villiers (a leading member of the Anti-Corn

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    Woman Writers of the Romantic Period Romanticism (also called Romantic Era or Romantic period) was a complex artistic‚ literary‚ and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe‚ and developed in reaction to the Industrial Revolution. In part‚ it was a movement against various social and political norms and ideas of the Age of Enlightenment. It strongly influenced the visual arts‚ music‚ and literature‚ but it had impact on education and natural history

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    the following question. "How did the industrial revolution impact westward expansion". Without the industrial revolution impact on westward expansion we would not have the America we see today. The industrial revolution took place between 1760 and 1840 around the world. The westward expansion took place from 1807 to 1912. Without the industrial revolution‚ westward expansion would have failed. Without the westward expansion America would be very different today but how did this come about. Firstly

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    transportation improvements‚ and a national bank. Later in 1827‚ he won a seat in the United States Senate. He was a leader of the Whig Party. His group opposed President Andrew Jackson and the Democrats. He ran for the United States Presidency in 1836. In 1840 he was named Secretary of State by President William Henry Harrison. Harrison died in 1841 and John Tyler took over the presidency. Every Whig party member of the presidential cabinet but Webster resigned from their post. In 1842 he successfully established

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    invented. These cameras were used as drawing aids for Western artists in the sixteenth century. (Joyner & Monaghan) “Cameras have come a long way‚ from the first crude cameras that projected images onto walls to the day-long exposure times of the 1820s to the 60-second Polaroids of the 1950s and ‘60s to digital cameras today.” (Lynn) As time passed‚ technology advanced‚ aiding the development of higher quality cameras. Cameras obscuras continued to be used with a variety of printing treatments‚

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    History is defined as the study of past events or series of past events specifically in human affairs or connected with someone or with something. The study of history plays a crucial role in our lives as it represents our present. It is said that the events in history alter the lives of mankind‚ and human civilization never remains the same after that‚ and things change permanently‚ for better or for worse. Many events have taken place in our past history that has truly impacted the lives of humans

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    1. Jamestown‚ 1607 2. First Africans brought to Virginia‚ 1619 3. Mayflower Compact‚ 1620 4. Great Migration of Puritans to Massachusetts‚ 1630s and 1640s 5. Roger Williams established Rhode Island‚ 1636 6. William Penn established Pennsylvania‚ 1681 7. Salem witch trials‚ 1692 8. James Oglethorpe established Georgia‚ 1732 9. Jonathan Edwards sparked the Great Awakening‚ 17349 10. The French and Indian War‚ 1754-63 11. Proclamation of 1763 12. Stamp Act‚ 1765-66

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