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    The Industrialists and Growth Settled in a vast country with abundant natural resources‚ Americans soon developed a sense for industry which was characteristic of the 19th century. Unlike Europe where the craftsmen guilds long opposed progress in manufacturing‚ America was eager to use new technologies that would save labor‚ which was scarce. Thus the young nation‚ once freed from Colonial restrictions‚ progressed faster than its former mother country and eventually emerged as the foremost industrialized

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    advanced‚ developed putting out system‚ raw cotton was distributed to peasant families who spun it into thread then wove that into cloth‚ then skilled artisans in tows finished and dyed the cloth. Certain inventions sped up production greatly ‚ like Eli Whitneys cotton gin in America ‚ John Kay’s flying shuttle in Britain (fast weavers) ‚ 1769 Richard Arkwright patented water frame which was spinning machine powdered by water. Factories sprang up in Britain. Transportation revolution capitalists invested

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    Civil war is a war fought between cities that are in the same country. Many countries have civil war before‚ and one of the world’s biggest country is America. America also have a civil war in the past‚ and it is a central event in America’s historical consciousness. The American civil war period is between April 12‚ 1861 to May 9‚ 1865. There are several events that cause American civil war. I am going to talk about the most important event that led to the civil war. “The people of the United

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    1607 Jamestown Va founded Virginia company founded by Captain John Smith. 1620 Mayflower Compact Plymouth founded 1619 House of Burgesses founded 1628 John Winthrop 1622 John Rolfe 1630 MA Bay Colony founded by John Winthrop 1632 Pequot war starts 1634 Maryland Colony founded 1636 Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams expelled 1637 Anne Hutchinson expelled 1638 Pequot war ended 1651 Navigation Act 1649 Maryland Toleraction Act 1639 Fundamental Orders of CT 1675 King Philips War

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    Industrial processes like accelerating production and improving the the process of manufacturing. it was also brought by the invention of weaving and spinning machines such as the sewing machine invented by Elias Howe‚ and the cotton gin invented by Eli whitney. The iron and clothing industries were together helped with the development of the steam engine as said‚ a great dent in history. The Industrial Revolution took place from 1820 - 1870 that was the start of a new civilizations that would affect

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    Prior to the war of 1812‚ the United States was riddled with domestic political conflicts between the Federalist and Republican parties and diplomatic conflicts with Britain and France. The Federalist and Republicans’ opinions differed in every subject and diplomatic policies against Britain and France divided the nation. At one point‚ disunion was so apparent that during the Hartford Convention in 1814‚ New England almost seceded from the Union. After the war of 1812‚ from 1815 to 1825‚ some Historians

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    Shawn Corey Carter Jayz

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    change for the worst. Shawn was given the name “Jazzy” from neighborhood friends due to his swagger. However‚ he later changed his name too Jay Z after the J and Z trains which ran through his neighborhood. As a child Jay Z went to school at Eli Whitney High School and Westinghouse Career and Technical High School in Brooklyn‚ Jay eventually dropped out of school and dove head first into the streets. From this point on he sold drugs and carried a pistol. Jay Z shot his brother at the age of 13

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    Kill a Mockingbird: “Cry about the simple hell people give other people- without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give colored folks‚ without even stopping to think that they’re people too.”[3] Suddenly everybody recognized the name Eli Whitney‚ he transformed the agriculture by inventing the cotton gin in 1793. Before the cotton workers toke a full day to clean up one pound of cotton‚ however with the cotton gin it was easier and faster to clean up 50 pounds of cotton each day. The central

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    When thinking about the importance of many revolutions throughout history‚ it is hard to think of one that is more important than the Industrial Revolution. Beginning in the late 1700s north of Britain‚ the Industrial Revolution sought to expand and bolster the economy of Britain and those who were to follow in their footsteps. Britain was the first country to industrialize‚ doing so by having a “robust empire‚ profitable overseas trade networks‚ and established credit institutions” (Coles‚ P. 506)

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    Chapter 29 The Making of Industrial Society MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The industrial revolution began in a. the United States. b. Great Britain. c. France. d. Italy. e. Russia. Answer: b Page: 652 2. Crucial to industrialization was a. the leadership role taken by the Luddites. b. the willing support of the major industrial unions. c. the peasants’ planned and willing relocation to the cities. d. the leading role that Russia provided in technology. e. the replacement of human and animal power with

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