People
Charles Dickens
Rapid changes in farming, just before the Industrial Revolution
Agrarian Revolution
Capital city of England, center of the Industrial Revolution
London
This fossil fuel powered many machines during the industrial revolution
Coal
Guy who led a bunch of disgruntled textile workers to destroy equipment
Ned Ludd
Term used by Adam Smith to describe how a free market sets prices
The Invisible Hand
This natural resource was a key ingredient in steel production
Iron ore
They were textiles workers who lost their jobs to new technology and began destroying machines
The Luddites
Scottish philosopher who wrote "The Wealth of Nations"
Adam Smith
The policy of extending a country’s power and control over other parts of the world through diplomacy and/or military force
Imperialism
Term describing the farmers in their countryside home that produced textiles goods in their spare time to make a little extra income
Cottage Industry
meaning "leave alone" the idea that governments should not interfere in the affairs of business
Laissez Faire
He wrote the Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx
The economic principle that a nation’s wealth is based upon having more exports than imports
Mercantilism
When Parliament passed laws allowing larger farms to buy up smaller farms and force off the tenant farmer families that had worked there for generations
The Enclosure Movement
These organizations allowed factory workers to unite and gain more rights in the workplace
Labour Unions
English factory owner who believed in Utopian socialism
Robert Owen
The two classes of society as described by Marx
The Proletariat and the Bourgeoise
These served as overseas markets for English exports
Colonies
This disease was common in cities like London due to the dense population and lack of proper sanitation
Cholera