Agricultural Revolution
The Industrial Revolution started in this Century.
When was the 18th Century?
Replaced the previous stratified society.
What is Class-Based Society?
The economic system which creates financial gain for factory owners by using low paid workers from the lower classes.
What is Capitalism?
Invented in 1769 by James Watt and was the symbol of The Industrial Revolution.
What was the Steam Engine?
It increased due to improvements in hygiene and medicine.
What is the population?
Peasants were forced to move here from rural areas.
What are towns and cities?
The ruling class consisting of bankers, landlords and factory owners.
What was the bourgeoisie?
He introduced a new form of socialism called Marxism and created a pamphlet called The Communist Manifesto.
Who is Karl Marx?
The first type of industry to use factories and machinery during the Industrial Revolution.
What was the Textile Industry?
The number of babies being born which contributed to the population growth.
What is birth rate?
Examples of these include The Rotherham Plough, Threshers, Seeders and Reapers to replace manual labour.
What is New Machinery?
The working class made up of factory workers and peasant labourers.
Who were the Proletariat?
The movement of workers who were opposed to mechanisation. They destroyed machinery and set fire to factories.
What was Luddhism?
The type of fuel used by steam engines.
What is coal?
It decreased due to the improvements in hygiene and medicine and contributed to the population growth.
What is the death rate?
The new system of land ownership that meant public land was appropriated by large landowners.
What were the Enclosure Acts?
Shopkeepers were members of this class.
Who were the Petty Bourgeoisie?
In 1834 to improve working conditions, reduce working hours, improve wages and regulate child labour.
When were Trade Unions first established?
The most important technological innovation during industrialisation.
What was the introduction of machinery?
Nearly 10 million people compared to less than 6 million people before the start of the industrial revolution?
How many people were living in Great Britain after the start of the Industrial Revolution?
A new system in which four crops were rotated instead of three.
What was the Norfolk system?
12 - 14 hours.
What was the length of the typical working day?
The movement that advocated violent action against Capitalists.
What was Anarchism?
The country that Great Britain imported large quantities of cotton cloth from before the industrial revolution.
Where is India?
It increased due to the greater demand for food following the population growth.
What is agricultural production?