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Richard Arkwright

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1764 Waterframe

first factory

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Robert Bakewell

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Selective breeding of cattle and sheep

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Henry Bessemer

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Invented steel

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British Chartists

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Unionists

Fights for better working conditions&& voting rights

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Edmund Cartwright

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1785 Powerloom (steam engine)

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Henry Cort

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Puddler

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Samuel Crompton

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Spinning Mule 1774

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Abraham Darby

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Coke

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Sir Humphrey Davy

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miner safety lamp

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Duke of Bridgewater

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canal builder

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robert fulton

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steamship

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James hargreaves

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Spinning Jenny 1764

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Elias Howe

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Sewing machine 1846

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Huguenots

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Protestants

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Hurriers

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Boys that pushed coal carts

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John Kay

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flying shuttle 1733

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Knocker UP

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wake workers up

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Luddites

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Machine breakers

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John McAdam

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Created roads- Turnpike Trusts

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Thomas Newcomen

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Invented steampump for mines

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Alfred Nobel

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(Noble Price)

invented dynamite

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owen robert

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started first factory friendly mill (daycare, breaks, school)

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23
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Robert peel

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primemisnister

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royal society

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cash prizes (or tokens) for best invention

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samuel slater

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first machinist to smuggle a machine to the U.S.

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Adam Smith

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Laissez-faire

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George Stevenson

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Rocket

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Strapper

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manager of factory that whips you

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29
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Charles “Turnip” Townshend

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Turnip- nitrogen

4 field rotation

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30
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Jethro Tull

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seed drill

horse drawn hoe

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Isaac Watt

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stem hammer

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32
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James Watt

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improved steam engine

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33
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Eli whitney

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Cotton gin

interchangeable gun parts

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34
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John Wilkinson

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boring drill

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35
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Smeated

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concrete

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36
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Shaftsbury

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came up with reforms

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37
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What is the act from 1833 and explain it

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Factory Act

Reduced hours of work for children in the textile mills. Stopped children from working under the age of 9

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What is the act from 1842 and explain it

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Mines Act

Stopped woman, boys and girls under the age of 10 working underground in the coal mines

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What is the act from 1847 and explain it

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Limited the hours a woman could work in a mill no more than 10 hours a day

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40
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Who cannot leave Britain?

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Machinists

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41
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what is gleaning?

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collecting leftover crops from farmers fields after being harvested
Not allowed during enclosure movement

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42
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What is primogeniture?

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oldest boy in family inherits land

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43
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How long were contracts in factories?

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1 year

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44
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what was the temperature in factories?

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34 degrees

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45
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what caused many mining accidents?

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fire damp

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46
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What is tinnitus?

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permanent ringing in ears

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47
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What is the bank interest rate?

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3 %

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48
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what is a caravel used for

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transporting goods

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49
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How many days a week do the people work?

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6 days / week

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50
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How many years did factory owners train orphans for?

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7 years

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51
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How much did men, women, and children make a week?

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Men - $3.oo
Women - $2.oo
Children - $1.oo

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How many hours did the people work a day?

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Up to 16 hours

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53
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How many lashes did a child get if they left their station?

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20 lashes

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54
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Is there occupational health and safety at work?

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No

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55
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around what year did the industrial revolution begin in great Britain?

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1750

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56
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What is the maximum weight an employee is expected to lift?

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50 pounds

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57
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You can fired for being away sick or hurt if you have worked less than how many months with same employer?

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3 months

58
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After probation, you can be fired for being away sick for more than how many days?

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12 days

59
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How many consecutive hours of rest do you get in any 24 hours period?

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8 hours

60
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If you work 20 hours or more you get how many days off in every 7 days?

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5 days off

61
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You can up to how many days of unpaid time off when your childd is born or when you adopt a child?

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52 weeks

62
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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Spread ideas of French revolution around world

63
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Bourgeoisie

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Wealthy merchants of the middle class
Lack of opportunity
Clergy
First estate collect tax called tithe

64
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Monsieur corny

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Leader of sans culottes went to invalids and asked for weapons

65
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Denis Diderot

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Philosophe who put together encyclopedia

Challenged the feudal society

66
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Directors

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5 guys that made up the directory

Rich nobles who fled France

67
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Farmers general

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60 nobles that collected taxes

68
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French peasants

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Pay 70% of income to taxes

69
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Madame geoffrin

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Hostess of gatherings, salons of paris met Wednesdays

70
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Joseph-ignace guillotine

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More humaine way to execute people

71
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Huguenots

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Non catholics
Protestants
Kicked out of france  
Catholics vs. Huguenots
Persecuted by French
72
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Intendants

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Leaders of the provinces appointed by the king
Well paid
Couldn’t be removed

73
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Inquisition

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Tried alleged heredities
Torture you
Extricate confessions from people

74
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Jacobins

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One of 2 political parties

Start law of suspects and law of maximum

75
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King Louis xvi

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Ruled by divine right
Tried to abolish serfdom, remove taille, and increase tolerance towards non-catholics
Married to marie antionette
Loves to hunt

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Layfeyette

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Wrote declaration of the rights of man and citizen

77
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Court launey

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Governor of bastille

78
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John locke

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Stood for life liberty property

Government by popular consent

79
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Jean paul marat

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Journalist && Politian

Writes newspaper called the friend of the people

80
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Charles Montesquieu

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The spirit of laws- compared different kinds of government

Separation of powers/division of powers

81
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Jacques necker

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Finance minister

82
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Duc noailles

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First noble to refuse to collect feudal fees

83
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Nobility

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Special privileges
Second estate
Hunt wherever they wanted

84
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Queen marie Antoinette

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From Austria
Marries king Louis xvi
Gambles

85
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Maximillien Robespierre

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Leader of committee of public safety

86
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Jean rousseau

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Direct democracy

87
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Sans culottes

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Revolutionary fighters

88
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Seigneur

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Land lord

Collects land tax- taille

89
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Adam smith

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Laissez- faire

90
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Charles Talleyrand

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First clergy member to suggest land be taken and auctioned off

91
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Francois Voltaire

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Exiled to Britain
Writer, historian and philosopher
Freedom of speech and religion- deism

92
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What is the old regime?

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the french political and social system before 1789

93
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what is deism?

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freedom of speech and religion

94
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What are assignats?

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bonds

95
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What is the tithe?

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10% of persons income to chruch

96
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What is the taille?

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property tax

97
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what is the gabelle?

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salt tax (7 pounds)

98
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what are vingtiemes?

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income tax

99
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What is the corvee?

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free labour

100
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What was the name of the theory that God appointed all monarchs to rule on his behalf?

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Divine Right

101
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What were the tax collectors for the king called?

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Farmers general

102
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What are banalities?

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paying to use the lords bake oven, mill, and wine press

103
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What is the law of maximum?

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lifted price control

104
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what is the declaration of the rights of man?

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stated that government belonged to people as a whole. Aim was to preserve the ‘natural rights’ of liberty and equality

105
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what is the civil constitution of the clergy?

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a law that stated that bishops and priests were to be elected by popular vote and paid

106
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what is the law of self denying ordinance

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if in national assembly not allowed to run in legislative assembly

107
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what was the tax that supported the army called?

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poll taxx

108
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the church sold titles to the highest bidder called what?

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simony

109
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what was the tax called in producers wanted to bring goods into the province?

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octroi

110
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sinners had to pay money to be free of sin called what?

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indulgences

111
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what were peasant complaints called?

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cahiers

112
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what was the slogan and battle cry of the french revolution?

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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

113
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what was the french national anthem?

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marsellaise

114
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how many departments did france have?

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83

115
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what was the new appeal court called?

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court of cassation

116
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what 2 provinces did germany take from france?

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alsace and lorraine

117
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what 2 straits are russia afraid of losing?

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dardonelles and bospous

118
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what did all countries sign to prevent attacks on civilian ships?

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Sussex Pledge

119
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What countries made up the Triple Alliance?

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Austia-Hungary, Italy, Germany

120
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What countries made up the Triple Entente?

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Russia, Great britain and france

121
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Who was assasinated?

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand

122
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When was Franz Ferdinand assasinated?

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On Vidovnan Day

123
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Where was FRanz Ferdinand assasinated?

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Sarajevo

124
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Where was poison gas used?

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Ypres

125
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How much did the US loan to allied countries?

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$10 billion

126
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What was the name of the germans aircraft?

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Fokker

127
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What treaty does russia sign with Germany?

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the treaty of brest-litovsk

128
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How many battleships was germany allowed to have?

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6

129
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How much did germany have to pay for damage?

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$33 billion

130
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How many men were germanys forces reduced to?

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100 000 men

131
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who was the last canadian solider to die in world war one

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corporal price

132
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what is the germans flying ace called?

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Big willy

133
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what are germanys big guns called?

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Big bertha

134
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what is the triple ententes gun called?

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vickers

135
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what is the triple aliances gun called?

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MG08

136
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What bill and act ensures greater safety for retail workers who work late hours

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Bill 601 The Jimmy’s law act

137
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Which law states that it is now mandatory for public buildings to report albestos

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Howards Law

138
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Removed ________ less pay for temporary foreign workers

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15%

139
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Can work five 8 hour days a week or four _______days a week

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10 hour

140
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In sask, an employer who gets a permit can pay mentally and physically handicapped employees ______________

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less than minimum wage

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