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a kind of wheelbarrow that would punch a hole in the ground to deposit seeds
Seed Drill
Theorized that there will always be poor people because high population caused food prices to rise
Thomas Malthus
Areas with a high population density like cities
Urban
Possession of them gave Britain new markets and access to raw materials
colonies
The enclosing of public fields with hedges and stone walls
enclosure movement
Produced steam pressure by using coal to boil water
steam engine
German journalist who developed a radical theory of socialism called communism
Karl Marx
A class between rich and poor that rose as a result of industrialization
Middle Class
A radical form of socialism
communism
made it illegal to hire children under 9 years old. Children from the ages of 9 to 12 could not work more than 8 hours a day. Young people from 13 to 17 could not work more than 12 hours.
Factory Act of 1833
Fuel source for the steam engine of which Britain possesses a large amount
coal
British people who opposed industrialization and went around at night smashing machines
Luddies
Imaginary pieces of a company that are publicly traded
Stocks
The theory that the government should have few or no rules for business
Capitalism
prevented women and children from working underground
Mines Act
Was used to power factories before the invention of the steam engine
water wheel
Theorized that there will always be poor people because high population drives down wages
David Ricardo
Organizations of workers that practice collective bargaining
labor Union
When all the employees at a company negotiate the terms of their labor as a group
collective barganing
limited the workday to ten hours for women and children who worked in factories
Ten Hours Act
who invented seed drill?
who invented steam engine?
seed drill ----> Jethro Tull
Steam Engine -----> James Watt
Scottish economist credited with developing the theory of capitalism
Adam Smith
The manufacture of goods using self-powered machines
Industrial revolution
refers to any set of economic policies designed to help the poor such as laws that set a minimum wage and keep workplaces safe.
socialism
The use of new technology combined with the Enclosure System caused a dramatic increase in the amount of food produced at the same time that it forced many farmers out of work.
Second Agricultural Movement