Industrial Revolution
The country where the Industrial Revolution began
England
3 Natural Resources
Coal, Iron, Rivers
could pull rail cars quickly and efficiently (39km/ph in 1829)
Steam Engine
What was the average age of child workers
7-10
This meant enclosing the land
Enclosures
Industrial means _____________
Work
What people ate in England that made them stronger and healthier
Potatoes
Wooden contraption that allowed its operator to spin several threads at once
Spinning Jenny
How long were the work hours
12-16 hours
only allowing the fittest and strongest of their cattle, sheep, pigs and horses to mate
selective breeding
What the Industrial Revolution means
The change in the way people worked
Burning this made water become steam
Coal
Dynamite
Why were child workers preferred (2 parts)?
Small size and paid less
strips of scattered farm land that peasants grew crops on
Open Field System
How people made goods before the Industrial Revolution
By Hand
What the factory owners needed to make the machines work
Workers
lowed farmers to plant crops and prepare land at amazingly fast pace
What kept fathers and husbands away from work?
Wars, epidemics, accidents
What are three reasons (you can name 2) that the agricultural revolution occured?
Britain needed more food
Farms were still run on the medieval strip system
New ideas and Machinery were being developed
How people made goods after the industrial revolution
Machines
What is capital
Removed seeds from cotton fiber
Cotton Gin
What year did it become illegal to hire a child under nine years of age for work in the textile industry.
1819
Name at least 3 new ways of farming that came from this revolution
Crop Rotation, Seed Drilling, Selective Breeding, New Ploughs, Publicity, Marling