Unit 2 Buzzwords
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution, in modern history, the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing.
Agicultural Revolution
The Agricultural Revolution, the unprecedented increase in agricultural production in Britain between the mid-17th and late 19th centuries,
Mercantilism
belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
Fossil Fuel
a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
Labor
work, especially hard physical work.
Factory
a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.
Plantations
an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
William Willberforce
William Wilberforce was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade
Capital
the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.
Textiles
any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting. a material, as a fiber or yarn, used in or suitable for weaving
Atlantic Slave Trade
The Atlantic slave trade was the selling of African slaves by Europeans that happened in and around the Atlantic Ocean. It lasted from the 15th century to the 19th century. Most slaves were shipped from West Africa and brought over to the New World on a slave ship.
Enclosure Acts
The Enclosure Acts were essentially the abolition of the open field systemof agriculture which had been the way people farmed in England for centuries
Socialism
a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
Entrepreneur
A person who has started his or her own business
Coal Mines
Child Labor
James Watt
James Watt FRS FRSE was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776,
Middle Passage
Picket
a person or group of people standing outside a place of work or other venue, protesting something or trying to persuade others not to enter during a strike.
Steam Engine
an engine that uses the expansion or rapid condensation of steam to generate power.
Boycott
withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest
Spinning Jenny
a machine for spinning with more than one spindle at a time, patented by James Hargreaves in 1770.
Joint-Stock Company
Strike
a refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer.