Inventions and their Inventors
This Scottish engineer improved the steam engine, making it practical for powering factories.
Who is James Watt?
These two natural resources were vital for powering steam engines and making iron.
What are Coal and Iron?
The British Industrial Revolution first began in this industry.
What is Textiles?
This term describes the mass movment of people from rural areas to cities.
What is Urbanization?
Invented in 1733, this device was a major improovment in weaving machinery.
What is the Flying Shuttle?
This term refers to money used to invest in new machines and factories.
What is Capital?
Before factories, this was the system where tasks were done by individuals int heir rural homes.
What is the Cottage Industry?
These were early, cramped, and unsafe houses where most factory workers lived.
What are the Tenements?
This 1764 spinning machine, named after the inventor's daughter, could spin multiple threads at once.
What is the Spinning Jenny?
The shift to massive, fenced in landholdings that pushed farmers twoards cities is known as this movment.
What is Enclosure Movement?
This material, which could be produced faster thanks to new inventions, replaced wool as the dominant textile, and was farmed on plantations.
What is Cotton?
This new social class of people who managed buisinesses, factories, and offices emerged.
What is the Middle Class?
Richard Arkwright invented this, which used water power to drive spinning machines.
What is the Water Frame?
This key, necessary for industrialization, was provided by Britain's vast colonial empire.
What are raw materials?
This early steam engine, invented in 1712, was used specifically to pump water out of mines. (Hint: New)
What is Newcomen Steam Engine?
This was the average life expectancy in years, for people in large industrial cities like Manchester.
What is about 40?
Stephenson's 1829 locomotive, famously known by this name, traveled an unheard of 39 km/hr.
What is the rocket?
This economic policy, meaning "let do," allowed owners to set working conditions without government interference.
What is Laissez-Faire?
This material replaced charcoal as the primary fuel for smelting iron, leading to higher quality iron production.
What is Coal?
These groups were made to bargian for better working conditions and wages.
What are Unions?