1) The invention of steam power the development of machine tools and the rise of the factory system helped contribute to the start of the industrial revolution.
2)The repeal in 1774 of a heavy tax that was charged on cotton thread and cloth made in Britain. Many machines helped make the cotton industry more efficient such as the invention of different machines that worked much quicker than people, there were also lots of rivers and coal accessible in the North of England which made powering the factories much easier
Israel declared independence and the arab nations declares war on it
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The absolutist government in France started in the XVI century and expanded through the XVII century throughout the country under the French monarchy. French King Louis XIV was the classic example of absolutism, power, and repression in medieval France.
In the case of Prussia, King Frederick II, also known as Federick the Great, was the most authoritarian monarch in medieval Prussia. He was a former military officer who applied his military-style to the way he governed Prussia and that military background was useful to expand his territories throughout Austria.
Regarding Russia, absolutism started in the late 1600s, when Peter The Great became the Tsar of Russia. Peter establish a stern control over the Church of Russia and the Nobles, becoming an authoritative figure who exceeded his limits of oppression and power.
