Inventors & Inventions
He is credited with making improvements to a machine that efficiently separates cotton from its seeds.
Many moved from the countryside during the industrial revolution to work in...
factories
Industrialism began in this country.
Great Britain
An economic system in which resources and business are privately owned.
Capitalism
He worked for legal reforms that improved working conditions for children, women, and mine workers.
Lord Ashley
Scottish engineer who created the separate condensation camber for the steam engine, increasing its power and capability and thereby changing industrialization forever.
James Watt
To increase profits, factory owners often employed these inexpensive and easily replaceable workers who often sustained serious injuries from dangerous factory machines.
Children
An economic system that aims to increase a country's wealth and power by controlling trade and people.
Mercantilism
Considered the "father of communism."
Karl Marx
The amount of goods and services available to buy compared with the amount that people want to buy.
Supply and Demand
This machine was made to spin multiple threads of yarn simultaneously, revolutionizing the textile industry.
The Spinning Jenny
This Victorian writer wrote novels that depicted the difficult lives of the poor, especially in industrialized cities.
Charles Dickens
All European countries used this labor force in their colonies during various periods.
Slaves
Author of "Wealth of Nations."
Adam Smith
The industrial revolution is different from other revolutions in these two key ways.
It was not a revolution through war and it has not reached an end.
Device that utilizes the energy of flowing or falling water to generate power.
The Water Wheel
Crops from the new world and stronger metal for tools were some improvements in this industry.
Farming
Mozambique and Brazil are former colonies of this mother country.
Portugal
Factory owner who believed in utopian socialism.
Robert Owen
This young woman testified before Parliament about working conditions for children in mines.
Patience Kershaw
American who improved earlier steam engines to adapt to drive boats.
Robert Fulton
The third stage of the industrial revolution is now called this.
The Information Age
This country used the colony of Australia as a place to expel criminals.
Great Britain
Famous written work that influenced the spread of communist ideas.
"The Communist Manifesto"
This American utilized the concept of division of labor and interchangeable parts to create assembly-line production of automobiles.
Henry Ford