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Industrial Revolution An Introduction
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Outcome 2.1.1 Students will know, understand and be able to explain the new ideas and innovations which led to the Industrial Revolution
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Concepts Working Class Class Conflict Property Urbanization Rights
Labour Movement Property Rights
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Property (pra-pur-tee)
Property is any physical or intangible entity that is owned by a person or jointly by a group of people or a legal entity like a corporation.
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Traditional principles of property rights include:
control of the use of the property the right to any benefit from the property (examples: mining rights and rent) a right to transfer or sell the property a right to exclude others from the property.
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Traditional property rights do not include:
uses that unreasonably interfere with the property rights of another private party (the right of quiet enjoyment) uses that unreasonably interfere with public property rights, including uses that interfere with public health, safety, peace or convenience.
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Kinds of Property Tangible Property Intangible Property Land
Improvements (man-made, immovable things) Personal property (moveable, man-made things) Intangible Property Financial Instruments (stocks, bonds) Intellectual Property (patents, copyrights, trademarks)
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John Locke & “Natural Rights”
Nature + Labour = Property* *as long as there is "enough, and as good, left in common for others."
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Property: Out of Reach for Most
Feudalism & Middle Ages “Landed Class” Using Property to make money Who is likely to have money? What chance does someone who is poor have to become rich?
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Rights
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Rights Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement. Measuring stick Linked to human dignity
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Kinds of Rights Fundamental Freedom Democratic Equality Mobility Legal
Language Labour
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Labour & Social Rights What labour & social rights should we have?
Many did not exist before the Industrial Revolution
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Social Change leads to political change
Politicians react to changes that have already occurred in society.
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