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Agricultural and Industrial Revolution

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Purpose: Redefine borders because Napoleon messed them up; Surround France with strong states; Reestablish the old regime- monarchy
Represents Austria in Congress of Vienna: leader of the Congress of Vienna; had an affair with Napoleon's sister
Represents Great Britain in the Congress of Vienna: doesn't like Metternich
Represents France in the Congress of Vienna
Coalition of Russia, Prussia, and Austria
when large wealthy landowners buy smaller farms and essentially make bigger farms
Invented the seed drill- made planting more efficient; increased crop
Don't need to leave the land unplanted- just plant different plants at different times
made the livestock bigger
invented the flying shuttle
made planting more efficient; increased crop
A piece of wood that the thread was on that could be slid through the loom; instead of trying to hand pass it; People could weave wider things and could do it faster; Addition to the loom that made weaving faster and more efficient; Device to help pass a thread through a loom
invented the spinning jenny
Multi-spool spinning frame; Could spin multiple threads at a time; Instead of hand spinning 1 thread, you could spin many; Overall cost was cheaper
Spinning frame powered by water; only one thread was put in at a time; Minimal labor but 1 thread at a time; Used water power to spin thread; minimal human labor
Using water power, it made yard spinning easier and faster (and made finer cloth); Combines spinning jenny and water frame; Spins multiple threads using water power; No human labor
system where the machines where at homes where families would make the product at home and bring it in to their employer
improved steam engines to make them more efficient; Allowed it to use 75% less coal than before; Replaced water power with steam power; Factories do not need to be built along the river; Sparks new revolutions in transportation
man-made waterway; transport raw materials and manufactured materials
made the first steam-powered locomotive
Factory owners, large farm owners, capitalists/investors; Wealthy and getting wealthier
Managers, skilled workers, small business owners; Live a comfortable life style but don't have a surplus of money; Stay the same; Grow slowly
Factory workers, small farmers, farm laborers, coal mines, railroad builders; Make up majority of the population
People moving from region to region within the same country
Man accredited of beginning the process; English; Toured factories in England; Memorized how the spinning machines were built and worked; Goes to U.S. and builds spinning machine by memory

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