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The period between 1760 and 1830 can be described as a time when _______ began to win power from the aristocracy.
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Middle class
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The middle class benefited the most from the _____________.
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Revolutions of the late 1700's
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The Industrial Revolution began in _________________ because its colonial empire was a source for raw materials.
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England
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In the English cloth-making industry at the start of the Industrial Revolution factories were built near ____________.
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Sources of power, such as rivers.
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Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations emphasized the concept of _______________________.
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Enlightened interest
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The classic expression of laissez-faire economies is Smith's ____________.
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Wealth of Nations.
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____________________ meant that population growth will inevitably outstrip food production, leading to natural calamities such as famines, plaques, and wars.
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Malthus' Law
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_________meant that wages for workers always hover around the subsistence level.
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Iron law of wages
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The economic conclusions reached by Malthus and Ricardo led many to believe that _______________________.
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Workers deserved what they got
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By 1830 Europe can be described as a continent that was divided into______________________________.
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Two political camps.
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The major issue dividing England and her American colonies in 1776 were_____________________________.
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Taxes and the cost of upkeep of the colonies.
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One immediate outcome of the_________ was that America became the most democratic government since ancient Athens.
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American Revolution
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France, under __________, can be described as a nation with a large national debt.
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LouisXVI
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The major accomplishment of the __________ first phase was the creation of a limited constitutional monarchy.
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French Revolution
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A feature of the second phase of the French Revolution was the year long ____________.
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Reign of Terror
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