Exam 6: Historical Figures and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

The Continental System or Continental Blockade was the foreign policy of …………….

In……………., Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels issued the 'Communist Manifesto' which introduced scientific socialism or Communism.

Who was imprisoned and then exiled to the island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean, 1,870 km from the west coast of Africa.

In 1785, ……………..invented the Automatic or Power Loom.

Who invented a machine called the 'Cotton Gin.'?

In 1764, ……………..invented a machine called the 'Spinning Jenny.'

The "People's Charter" of 1838 was a public petition aimed at redressing omissions from the electoral ……………………..

The discovery of a new method of 'Crop Rotation', was made by……………….

………….., by Orders in Council (1807), prohibited its trade partners from trading with France.

Who introduced the continental system?

In 1769, ……………invented a machine run by waterpower instead of manpower. Hence it came to be called the 'Water-Frame'.

In 1769, ………….invented a better steam engine called the 'Beelzebub.'

The French Revolution of…………, also known as the July Revolution.

Samuel Crompton removed the defects of the Spinning Jenny and Water Frame, with his machine known as ……………..

In 1733, ………….had invented a device called the 'Flying Shuttle'.

The term 'Industrial Revolution' was first used by the historian…………, to describe the economic development in England, from 1760 to 1840.

…………..negotiated with Pope Pius VII. Finally, a Concordat was concluded in 1802.

……………means "leave to do, leave to pass" or more accurately "let things alone, let them pass".

In 1807, …………..invented the steamboat called the 'Clermont'.

The Congress of Vienna was headed by ………………..