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This new method prevented the soil from wearing out by planting different crops every other year.
Crop rotation
A system that controlled workers and was able to bring workers and machines together under one roof.
The Factory System
This European country came to rival Britain and the USA as the leading industrial power after 1870.
Germany
The growing cities caused the following problems
Bad sanitation, poor housing and diseases spread rapidly.
Which European country led the way in adopting British industrial technology?
Belgium
The fencing off of public lands to create larger lands to farm.
Enclosure movement
These three factors were the reason Britain was the first country to industrialize.
Capital, Coal or resources of coal and iron and labour force.
The group that protested because they were being replaced by machines
The Luddites
The people populating were working in these places
Factories
A group of workers that were hired because they were very cheap and there were many of them.
Children
A time of great change in Britain between 1750-1900, where society moved to a focus on machines, factories and industry
Industrial Revolution
This natural resource, in ample supply in England powered steam engines.
coal
What revolution made way for the Industrial revolution to begin?
Agricultural revolution
Which of the following was a result of the enclosure movement?
Small farmers moved to cities or became tenant farmers.
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?
Because England had all the necessary factors of production.
An invention that revolutionized textile industry by making it possible to spin several threads at once.
Spinning Jenny
What invention allowed weavers to work at a much faster pace?
Flying shuttle
This industry was the first to use factories.
textile
This social class came to challenge the wealthy aristocracy during the 1800's
The middle class
What was one of the main reasons child labor became widespread during the Industrial Revolution?
Factory owners needed cheap labor to maximize profits.
What country was the first to industrialize?
Great Britain
The Industrial Revolution resulted in a transformation due to advances in manufacturing, transforming England from rural to a(n)_____ lifestyle/society.
Urban
When a business is owned by many investors/stockholders, it is called a ......
corporation
This is where people lived before the Industrial Revolution.
villages/farms/rural areas
This is what it is called when people move from farms/villages to cities.
urbanization