Industrial Revolution
This system is an organized method of production that brought workers and machines together under management.
What is the Factory System
What is a rural area?
the country or farms
Invented the first steam locomotive in 1804
Who is Richard Trevithick
True or False: The working conditions of factories were clean and sanitary
False
The industrial revolution was moving slow in France because of this war
Invented the water-powered loom in 1785
Who is the Edmund Cartwright
This act banned child labor under the age of 9 and set limited working hours to 8 per day
This Revolution started with improvements in crop storage, transportation, and fertilizer
What is the Agricultural Revolution
These people were known as the new middle class which included professions like lawyers, teachers, and artist
What is the bourgeois
This individual starts a business by taking on most of the risk and responsibilities but also reaps all the rewards
What is an Entrepreneur
This Act allowed land to be privatized, by taking land away from common people and giving it to the elite class
What is The Enclosure Act
What is the Industrial Revolution
A period of significant technological development that transformed rural societies into urban cities
What is the movement of people from rural areas to populated cities
Invented the Spinning Jenny
Who is James Hargreaves
This group of people joined together to improve working conditions and pay wages for the working class
What are Labor Unions
Give 3 examples of a natural resources
What is coal, iron, cotton
True or False: Children worked in Factories
True
Allowed factories to record when workers arrived and left, helping business owners keep records of the working day
What is time-tracking machines