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Which of the following was the key aim of the British Corn Laws in the early 1800s? Options: export grain at cheaper prices to France., improve the quality of British grain., set up a free-trade zone among farmers in western Europe.

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protect the interests of British grain producers from foreign imports.

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Industrialization in the textile industry resulted in

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the establishment of factories

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In which of the following ways did Britain's colonial empire contribute to the country's industrialization? Options: Industrial technology was shared with the colonies, thus improving the empire's overall industrial output. Colonial laborers worked for much cheaper wages than unionized British workers. The colonies provided a growing market for British manufactured goods. British companies established factories in the colonies that produced inexpensive goods.

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The colonies provided a growing market for British manufactured goods.

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Which of the following was NOT a factor that contributed to Britain's Industrial Revolution?
- extensive colonial possessions
- agricultural innovations that led to more food production
- extensive and diverse supply of natural resources
- an effective central bank and well-developed credit markers

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extensive and diverse supply of natural resources

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Which of the following does NOT describe Britain's enclosure movement?
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It led to commercial farming.
Enclosure was legislated by Parliament.
It was a means of collectivizing agricultural ownership.
It was a process led by large landowners.

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It was a means of collectivizing agricultural ownership.

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The first factories in Britain's Industrial Revolution produced

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textiles

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18th century inventions by James Hargreaves, Richard Arkwright, and Edmund Cartwright led to

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a dramatic increase in the cotton textile industry

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Held in 1851, London's Crystal Palace Exhibition

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showcased British technological and industrial achievements

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The creation of what customs union among the German states in 1834 facilitated industrialization and became the basis of the political unification of the German states?

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the Zollverein

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The population of Europe almost doubled between 1750 and 1850 mainly as a result of

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shrinking death rates as a result of declining the number of famines and epidemics