Exam 2: Inventors, Economists, and Historical Events That Shaped Society

Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright created the first airplane in..............

In 1836 Cornish cabinet-maker .................formed the London Working Men's Association.

The British economist ................. wrote Principles of Political Economy (1848),

........................ created the sewing machine in 1844.

............................ wrote a book 'Capital: A Critique of Political Economy (1867).

The Bill of Rights was enacted in.........................

The death of Queen Anne in ................. led her successor, George I Duke of Hannover to the throne of England.

...................... invented the internal combustion engine in 1858.

....................... invented the power loom in 1785.

...................... is a policy of minimum governmental interference in the economic affairs of individuals and society.

The doctrine of laissez-faire is usually associated with the ...........................known as Physiocrats, who flourished in France from about 1756 to 1778.

After the English Civil War had established a protectorate under......................

........................ patented the cotton gin (short for cotton engine) in 1794.

.......................... is often termed the 'father of British socialism'.

Methodism was an 18th-century movement founded by ........... that sought to reform the Church of England from within.

.......................... created the phonograph in 1877.

The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death, on 22 January........................

Repeal of the Corn Act in ......................

............................Morse created the telegraph in 1836.

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, controller general of finance under King Louis XIV of .........................