Agricultural Revolution
English farmer invented the seed drill to plant seeds in neat rows
Who is Jethro Tull?
the name of Adam Smith's idea that an unseen force helps the economy when people work for themselves
What is Invisible Hand?
main energy source replaced windmills and waterwheels to power factories
What is the Steam Engine?
the 1842 law stopped women and young boys from working underground in coal mines
What is the Mines Act of 1842?
name for the working class who labored for low wages
What is the Proletariat?
the crop Charles Townshend introduced to fix the soil during crop rotation
What are Turnips?
this term describes an economic system where government lets business owners do whatever they want
What is Laissez-faire?
this industry was the very first to start using machines during the Industrial Revolution
What is the Textile Industry?
this British law in 1833 limited the work hours of children in factories
What is the Factory Act of 1833?
the name of the wealthy business owners who controlled the factories
What is the Bourgeoisie?
this movement combined small family farm plots into large private farms in Great Britain
What is The Enclosure Movement?
this economist created the "Iron Law of Wages," stating workers would only earn minimum pay
Who is David Ricardo?
factory owners like hiring women and children instead of men because...
What is they could pay them much lower wages?
these laws were cancelled in 1846 to help lower the high price of grain during the Irish Famine
What are The Corn Laws?
this radical thinker declared that "property is theft"
Who was Pierre Proudhon?
this farmer improved livestock breeding during the 18th century
Who is Robert Bakewell?
an old economic system focused on heavy trade restrictions, which Adam Smith strongly fought against
What is Mercantilism?
by 1850, this was the percentage of the population in England that lived in big cities
What is 50%?
this person group created the Metropolitan Police Force ("bobbies") in London in 1829
Who is Sir Robert Peel?
this radical ideology wanted to get rid of both capitalism and the entire government
What is Anarchism?
this group of rural farmers in Eastern Europe were legally tied to the land, unlike Western peasants
Who were the Serfs?
this man warned in 1798 that human population would grow much faster than the food supply
Who is Thomas Malthus?
this dangerous disease spread quickly through crowded city slums with dirty water
What is Cholera?
this political group wrote the "People's Charter" asking for secret ballots and voting rights for all men
Who are The Chartists?
this radical leader believed secret groups of professional revolutionaries should use terror to take over society
Who is Auguste Blanqui?