Definitions
A person's way of thinking about and understanding life.
What is Worldview
This invention is significant because it made textiles more affordable to people. It also helped move the textile industry from cottages to factories.
Spinning Jenny
Due to the fact that farming became a larger business and people could purchase more food, the population did what?
Dramatically increased.
It began in a shift from this to factories.
What is the textile industry?
This system is when two parties bring the goods with them for a transaction. Sometimes, one of the parties will accept an "I Owe You" (IOU) or even a token, that is agreed can be exchanged for the same goods or something else at a later date
What is the barter system?
a set of ideas, assumptions, or a way of looking at something.
What is a paradigm
John Kay's invention resulted in reducing labor costs which meant cloth could be made cheaper.
What is the flying shuttle?
This movement caused many small farmers to lose their livelihood and move to cities.
What is the Enclosure Act?
The Enclosure Movement contributed to the Industrial Revolution because it provided what?
Factory workers aka cheap laborers.
As the feudal era ended, and the Agricultural Revolution took place, people realized that they needed a more consistent value system that could be divided as people could not carry a herd of cows around to make payments or divide a goat.
What is money?
Wealthy farmers did this to make land use more efficiently and test crops. It involves a fencing or something similar...
What is the Enclosure Movement?
Thomas Newcomen's invention resulted in better mine drainage and he made it possible for towns to have a water supply. His invention also led to a cheaper source of energy.
What is the steam powered pump?
This invention helped make lines straight in fields which resulted in crops that were easier to weed and harvest.
What is the seed drill by Jethro Tull?
Britain became a leader in this because it was an island, safe from conflict on the continent, had colonies to ship raw goods from, and a good supply of coal and ore.
The Industrial Revolution
The level of wealth that a community is able to provide and considers adequate enough to maintain life is called this.
What is Standard of Living?
This is the exchange of resources or services for mutual advantage
Barter system
This inventor created the Bessemer Method which resulted in the mass steel production.
Who is Henry Bessemer?
The Enclosure movement resulted in farmers becoming this?
More efficient, own larger amounts of land, and experiment with new crops.
This inventor revolutionized communication within a nation and across the world. Information could spread at rapid speed and people changed how they communicated with each other.
Who is Samuel Morse?
The invention of this resulted in an expansion of trade, industrial growth, an increase in economic wealth, and an increase in the standard of living during the industrial revolution.
What is the railway?
The study of how people use resources to produce and consume goods and services, and how this affects society's wealth and welfare.
What is economics?
This man needed a canal to transport coal cheaply from his mines in at Worsley to Manchester which is said to have 'fueled the Industrial Revolution".
Who is the Duke of Bridgewater?
This practice replaced the old fashion three-field system. It was a method that improved the soil, provided feed for animals, and made better use of the land.
What is crop rotation invented by Charles Townsend?
The application of this research practice resulted in technological advancements in dye making, steel production, and steam engines to continuously improve and further progress the industrial revolution.
What is scientific research?
In 1750, the population of Britain was 7 million. By 1900, the population increased to this...
37 Million.