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Agricultural Revolution -
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The transformation of farming that resulted in the eighteenth century from the spread of
new crops, improvements in cultivation techniques and livestock breeding, and consolidation
of small holdings into large farms from which tenants were expelled (600)
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Bank of England -
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created in 1694 to ensure a stable money supply and to lay the foundation for a network of
lending institutions
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Bubble Act -
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act of parliament forbidding joint stock companies
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Chartists -
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seeking political democracy, universal male suffrage, est. controls over economic system to
prevent exploitation ( think of German Peasant Revolt, Bread Roits, French Revolution) ; ,
Reformers who wanted changes like universal male suffrage; the secret ballot; and payment
for members of Parliament, so that even workingmen could afford to enter politics. This
group supported a document called the People's Charter.
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Combination Acts -
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These were the laws passed by the Parliament that prohibited the English people from
forming a union
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Commercial Revolution -
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the expansion of the trade and buisness that transformed European economies during the
16th and 17th centuries.
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Corn Laws -
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Revised in 1815 these laws didn't allow for importing of cheap grain, this gave way to great
anger towards the landed aristocracy who imposed them for their own good. Their repeal
signified the end of dominance by the landed nobility
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