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1. A system in which the government controls the economy.

2. Protests from the working class that led to the destroying of factory machines named by Ned

3. Fenced-in/hedged-in fields created by wealthy british landowners on land that was formerly worked by British farmers.

4. The style of capitalism in which the government did not interfere with the economy

5. The shift - beginning in England during the 18th century - from making goods by hands to making those goods by machine

6. Made millions off the expansion of the American steel industry.

7. What did Richard Arkwright invent?

8. Large buildings that brought together workers and machines to produce large quantities of goods

9. German thinker who had a radical view of socialism; Founder of modern communism.

10. Rivalry forces peoples to do better @ anything & also inspires peoples to make a better product

11. Argued that population increased more rapidly that food supply - and therefore the number of people allowed to live should be limited

12. The leading advocate of Laissez-faire economics; invented capitalism.

13. What did John Kay invent?

14. Believed wages would be forced down as the population increases

15. Machine that allowed workers to spin multiple strands of cotton at a time

16. Developed and operated the modern steamship.

17. The idea that government should not interfere in business.

18. James watt helped improve what?

19. The selective breeding of livestock. increased availability of meat - wool - leather - and soap

20. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism

21. The development of industries for the machine production of goods

22. Scottish engineer who made roads more efficient and easier to travel on

23. Defended the idea of a free economy.

24. Invented the telephone

25. The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertileness of the land