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Industrial Revolution
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History
10th Grade
09/27/2017

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Mercantilism
Sentence: England developed the colonies under mercantilism to increase it's trading territory. 

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Definition:the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism.
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Utopian-ismSentence: Although America’s record was far from perfect, selective forgetting was one of the hallmarks of blind utopianism.

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Definition: the belief in or pursuit of a state in which everything is perfect, typically regarded as unrealistic or idealistic.
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Proletariat

Sentence:For the proletariat in the erection of temples and of public works.

 
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Definition:workers or working-class people, regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism).
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Bourgeoisie
Sentence:the bourgeoisie is the middle class who like to buy big houses and cars.

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Definition:the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
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Natural Resources
Sentence:We have consumed all the natural resources.

 

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Definition:materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

 

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