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    pushed the economy and revolution of France. The use of new technological advancements brought the inventions of the steam boats and new approaches of textile production which facilitated in France’s growing economy. New innovations such as the spinning jenny‚ the water frame‚ and the flying shuttle‚ were beginning to replace old textile production techniques. Scientific advancements also began to emerge in Old Regime France by creating new institutions for science as well as having scientific authorities

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    revolutionized the manufacture of cloth? a. the cotton gin c. the water frame b. the spinning jenny d. the Pawtucket loom ____ 3. Who was Richard Arkwright? a. Inventor of the water frame‚ he lowered the cost of cotton thread and increased the speed of production. b. British mechanic and entrepreneur‚ he brought his skills to New England and the Industrial Revolution to the U.S. c. Inventor of the spinning jenny‚ he introduced the ability to produce numerous threads to homes across England

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    Through history‚ there has been revolutions that have affected the world in many different ways. There is two kind of revolutions political revolutions ‚that are changes to the government‚ and non political revolution‚ that are intellectual‚ economic or social changes. The non political revolutions are important because they had shaped the way we all think‚ act and work in the actuality. Some of those non political revolutions are the enlightenment that was a change in the way that everybody thinked;

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    why cotton being now the most important fiber producing plant. That’s why cotton plays a role in the feed and oil industries with its seed. That’s why if I lived in the 1800s I would build a factory with many machines‚ like a sewing machine and spinning jenny etc. And I would let the people work for me instead of forcing them to work

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    always playing and he should practice like that too. Even more annoyed and angry‚ Tony messes up at a recital and is given the permission of his teacher to take a "rest". The teacher relates the whirligig to Tony because if the whirligig never stopped spinning to take a rest‚ it would break. The same would happen to Tony with his violin‚ no matter how much he was told to practice more‚ he needed a

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    The Industrial Revolution in Europe between 1760 and 1850 had a major impact on the many countries of Europe that forever shaped their outcome. The Industrial Revolution had many causes that are still debatable to this day‚ the most major influence however was the end of the French Revolution. After the Industrial Revolution‚ many changes took place throughout the continent economically‚ socially‚ culturally‚ religiously‚ politically‚ and intellectually. The exact cause of the Industrial Revolution

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    Book Review: And Then There Were None An intriguing‚ bone-chilling murder mystery that will guarantee to drown you into its void of darkness. Ten victims‚ each aching with guilt and fear‚ are selected by a murderous hand and escorted onto a remote island off the coast of Devon. Oblivious as to whom their captor may be‚ they are murdered‚ one by one and soon enough ten dead bodies are found on lonely Indian Island. Only a revelation in a bottle unveils how nobody remained on the isolated island

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    Livestock began to be bread stronger‚ healthier‚ and better producing animals. For example‚ sheep were only bread with the best quality wool. This innovative thinking continued throughout the Agrarian revolution‚ and led to inventions such as the spinning jenny‚ and the water frame. Both of these inventions improved the efficiency of yarn making. Because of these many developments during the Agrarian revolution‚ farmers were put out of work‚ and were forced to move to the cities to find work. The agrarian

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    notice that the positive aspects completely out-weigh the negative aspects. The revolution began as inventors introduced their creations to improve the way people were producing goods. Machines such as the cotton gin‚ water frame‚ power loom‚ and spinning jenny allow textile products to be produced in mass quantities. These techniques of mass-production make other methods such as cottage

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    Where would Western civilization be without the “long” 19th century affects on the unconstrained and continuous progress it made in peoples lives? The industrial revolution was key for major inventions that would help boom the economy. For example‚ the steam power’s advantage was its efficiency in mass production and the only resources needed were water and heat. This is one of the many new inventions to help increase production at a faster rate and be more cheap. Labor laws were very poor when the

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