Unit 5 flashcard 1

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Manufacturing based in homes rather than in a factory, commonly found before the Industrial Revolution.

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Cottage Industry

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the view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation

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Empiricism

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Scottish economist who wrote the Wealth of Nations, a precursor to modern Capitalism.

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Adam Smith

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1776 statement, issued by the Second Continental Congress, explaining why the colonies wanted independence from Britain.

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Declaration of Independence

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The 18th century privatization of common lands in England, which contributed to the increase in population and the rise of industrialization.

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Enclosure Movement

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Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution.

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Declaration of the Rights of Man

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the middle class, including merchants, industrialists, and professional people

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Bourgeoisie

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A popular Enlightenment era belief that there is a God, but that God isn't involved in people's lives or in revealing truths to prophets.

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Deism

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a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

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communism

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Most important reform of Russian Czar Alexander II; 1861-1865

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end of serfdom