Inventors
Developed the threshing machine
Who is Andrew Meikle?
Britain already had this industry, that made goods in the home and provided for the family
What is the cottage industry?
This is a term for the practice of growing different crops in the same field from year to year
What is crop rotation?
This came with industry
What is pollution?
A set of government issued rights to protect inventors and their inventions
What are patents?
Inventor of the cotton gin
Who is Eli Whitney?
This large entity allowed for transporting goods to other countries and places
What is the merchant fleet?
This practice by wealthy landowners led to increased productivity for them and less farm land to grow crops for the poor (daily double)
What is land enclosure?
What are factories?
A term given for the money that bankers and investors provided for entrepreneurs
What is capital?
This inventor developed the steam tractor
Who is John Fowler?
In Britain, this was a stable system, important to a strong economy
What is a stable banking system?
Jethro Tull invented this machine that efficiently placed seeds in rows across a plot of land.
What is the seed drill?
These were unprepared for population growth
What are cities?
Businessmen who sell inventions or start businesses for financial gain and accept the risk of person loss.
What is entrepreneurs?
Invented the device, the flying shuttle
Who is John Kay?
Britain had a great amount of this, which allowed them to run factories (Daily Double)
What is natural resources?
A machine that enabled workers to cut wheat more quickly
What is the reaping machine?
The Industrial Revolution resulted in the growth of this class of people
What is the middle class?
A famous entrepreneur who got the government to protect several inventions with a patent
Who is Richard Arkwright
This invention was the most important machine of the Industrial Revolution
What is the steam engine?
All of this made Britain an ideal location for this era of time
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This invention was used to plow fields and dig drainage ditches. Name the inventor as well.
What is the steam tractor and who is John Fowler?
This group of people developed during the Industrial Revolution due to low wages and dangerous working conditions
What is Worker's unions?
A new invention or a new way of doing something
What is innovation?