Industrial Revolution

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Match the items on the left to the items on the right.

Invented the water frame
Wrote Condition of the Working Class in England
Agitation against the Poor Laws
Made trade unions illegal
Invented the Spinning Jenny
British Conservative politician
Minimal government interference in the economy
British political party controlled by the aristocracy
British political party responsive to commercial interests
Advocated "from each according to his abilities"
Political goals were: self-government, natural rights, a written constitution
Manufacture of goods in the household
Wrote, Essay on Population
"iron law of wages"
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
First breakthrough in the Industrial Revolution
Invented one of the first primitive steam engines
Built the first effective locomotive in 1825
Leading railroad engineer
Great English painter of the period
Famous French bank
Romantic poet
Limited the factory workday for children
Organized one of the earliest national unions
Prohibited women working underground

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