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- Who took power in 1609 and save the colony by proclaiming, "He who does not work will not eat"?
- Why did the British want to impose new taxes on the colonies after French Indian War?
- What did Governor William Bradford do to end food shortages and insure the long term prosperity of the Colony?
- The British basically left the colonies to manage their own affairs before the French Indian War. This policy was called what?
- American colonists refused to buy British goods after the Stamp Act was passed. What term best describes this action?
- the theory, proposed by Jeremy Bentham in the late 1700's, that government actions are useful only if they promote the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
- wrote The Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels. He introduced the world to a radical type of socialism called Marxism.
- a large building in which machinery is used to manufacture goods.
- __a social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, businesspeople, and wealthy farmers.
- the idea that government should not interfere with or regulate industries and businesses.
- the system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land.
- The shift beginning in England during the 18 th century, from making goods by hand to making them by machine.
- An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people, private property does not exist and all goods and services are shared equally.
- _the growth of cities and the migration of people to them.
- defended the idea of a free economy, or free markets wrote the book The Wealth of Nations. He believed economic liberty guaranteed economic progress and government should not interfere.
- an economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit.
- _the resources -including land, labor and capital- that are needed to produce goods and services.
- In 1872, after Radical Reconstruction in Texas ended, Democrats won a majority of seats in the state legislature and took steps to reduce the _____
- The voters of Texas approved the Constitution of 1866 and elected _____, a former Confederate general, as governor.
- Fluent in German to help research for one of her husband's books.