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| revolution | The overthrow of an existing political system and its replacement with another; any far-reaching change. |
| Industrial Revolution | A term for sweeping changes in the way goods were produced and the way people lived and worked that began in England and eventually spread throughout Europe and the world. |
| textile | A fabric made by weaving or knitting cloth. |
| factory | A building which is used for manufacturing. |
| middle class | During the Industrial Revolution, the new class of business people. |
| working class | People who worked for wages. |
| John Kay | 1704-1764 English watchmaker who invented the flying shuttle. |
| James Hargreaves | 1720-1778 English inventor of the spinning jenny. |
| James Watt | 1736-1819 Scottish inventor that developed a steam engine that burned coal. |
| divine right | The belief that a monarch received authority to rule from God and could therefore not be questioned. |
| estates | The three classes into which the people of France were divided at the time of the French Revolution, including priests, the aristocracy, and common people. |
| aristocracy | Members of noble families as a class. |
| Louis XVI | 1754-1793; King of France from 1774 to 1792; executed by guillotine during the Reigh of Terror. |
| Marie Antoinette | 1755-1793; Queen of France from 1774 to 1792; executed by guillotine during the reign of terror. |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | 1769-1821; French military leader and emperor of France from 1804 to 1815. |
