Technological advances
What was the most important invention in 1769?
Was James Wattś stream engine
Which 3 improvements increased agricultural productivity?
Crop rotation, better tools and a greater variety of crops.
When and where did technological advances improve the transportation?
Great Britain between 1750 and 1850
When did the industrial revolution begin?
Why there was catastrophic mortality?
Because of bad hygiene.
What was used as fuel?
Coal
What turned the common land into private property?
A serie of enclosure acts
What did road paving system and the development of railways and locomotives lead to?
They led to vast improvements in land transport.
Where did the industrial revolution appear?
In Great Britain
What were the improvements in population growth?
Hygiene and advances in medicine.
What was coal used for?
For the mechanization of production and also as a source of energy for new means of transport
Why did the poorer have to immigrate to urban areas?
Because they could no longer work the land they had relied on.
What operated the triangular trade?
Have a lot of capital available which could be invested in industry.
What was the most extended kind of economy before the industrial one?
What increase in Great Britian?
Population growth
What is the meaning (in Spanish) of common land?
Tierras de uso público (Lands of public use)
What is crop rotation?
Growing different crops each year to make the soil more fertile.
What does "canal" mean?
Artificial channel.
What change were they looking for with the industrial revolution?
Change the agricultural economy to an industrial one.
What is the conecction between this theme and the industrial revolution?
That due to the increase in the population of the bourgeoisie and new rich, the farmers were left without a place in the city.
What is the name of the rock that releases heat when burned?
Coal.
What is the name of the system of growing diifferent crops?
Crop rotation.
By what means of transport were the canal networks provided?
By boat.
What type of results had the industrial revolution?
A series of interrelated factors.
When we can say "catastruphic mortality"?