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Cards Term Bessemer Definition invented the process of purying iron ore into steel Term Blucher Definition Commander of the Prussian army Term Danton Definition -With Robespierre he led the Committee of Public Safety -Did not like the old regime and tried to make France a republic Term Malthus Definition -A physiocrat who believed in Laissez faire -he believed people should have fewer children to control the population Term Louis XIV Definition -The French army was the strongest in Europe -He put the country into deficit spending becuase of the Palace of Versailles - Term Louis XVI Definition -In order to fix France's financial problems, he chose Jacques Necker as a financial adviser -Necker proposed that the king tax the First and Second Estates and the king fired him -He ended up calling the Estates General Term Robespierre Definition -With Danton he led the Committee of Public Safety -Did not like the old regime and tried to make France a republic -He also played a part in the Reign of Terror Term Watt Definition Improved the steam engine Term Wellington Definition Commander of the British army against Napoleon Term Marx Definition Thought that the Utopians' ideas were unrealistic, and formed communism Term Ricardo Definition Wrote the Iron Law of Wages, stateing that when the supply of workers goes up, wages go down Term Napoleon Definition -He basically tried to take over all of Europe -Finally he was defeated by Wellington and Blucher in the Battle of Waterloo -Twice he was exiled; first to Elba where he escaped; then to St.Helena where he died Term John Adams Definition -Worried that the war would only involve New England, Adams requested that George Washington, a southerner, be the army General -After the war, Adams was sent to work on a peace treaty with Britain Term Bentham Definition -Preached utilitarianism -to him, all laws or actions should be judged by their utility -he supported individual freedom, which he believed guaranteed happiness Term Mill Definition -Bentham's chief follower, also argued that actions are right if they promote happiness and wrong if they cause pain -believed that unrestricted competition in the free market favored the strong over the weak Term Carnegie Definition Built the nation's largest steel company Term Jacobins Definition -A revolutionary political club who were mostly middle-class lawyers or intellectuals -They believed in the republican cause Term Fulton Definition -He used Watt's steam engine to power the Clermont up the Hudson River in New York -His steamboat traveled at a record-breaking speed of more than five miles an hour Term Jefferson Definition -was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence Term Smith Definition -A British economist who greatly admired the physiocrats -He wrote The Wealth of Nations, which argued that the free market should be allowed to regulate business activity -He was a strong supported of Laissez faire -He created the supply and demand theory Term Owen Definition -A successful mill owner -He didn't use child labor and campaigned for laws limiting child labor and encouraging the organization of labor unions