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- Who is considered to be "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen"?
- The ___________ Treaty gave the United States the right of deposit at New Orleans and made the thirty-first parallel of latitude the southern boundary of the United States.
- The most famous new frigate was the USS _______________, also known as "Old Ironsides".
- Anthony Wayne won the Battle of _______ ________.
- said that when wages were high families had more children
- meaning the people as a whole rather than private individuals would own and operate the means of production.
- condemned these utopian socialists as unrealistic.
- the idea that the goal of society should be " the greatest happiness for the greatest number" of citizens.
- is a form of socialism that sees class strugglebetween employers and employees as inevitable.
- the unregulated exchange of goods and services - would eventually help everyone.
- privately built roads that charged a fee to travelers who used them.
- Britain had a stable government that supported economic growth and had many religious groups who encouraged thrift and hard work.
- refers to farms, factories, railways and other large businesses that produced and distributed goods.
- another influential British economist agreed that the poor had too many children.
- often called the "prophet of laissez - faire economics
- used a steam engine to power a steamboat that traveled at a record breaking 5 miles an hour up the Hudson River.
- Britain had a large supply of coal to power steam engines and iron to build new machines.
- was an early Utopian Socialist , who believed that the conditions under which people lived shaped their character.
- Trade from a growing overseas empire provided the business class with CAPITAL
- urged farmersto plant turnips which restored exhausted soil.