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100
The 1st steam engine
Who is Thomas Newcomen?
100
Developed to facilitate the process of weaving, this invention helped to double the production textile materials
What is the flying shuttle?
100
This series of laws passed in the 1700's fenced off common lands restricting peasants from having access
What is the enclosure movement?
100
Identify the principal mineral factor that facilitated the onset of the industrial revolution in Britain
What is coal?
100
Due to the loss of jobs in agriculture, people were forced to look for work where?
What are factories?
200
The Spinning Jenny
Who is James Hargreaves
200
The motivation behind the development of this revolutionary machine was to facilitate drawing water out of coal mines
What is the steam engine?
200
The production method in which individuals spun thread & wove cloth in their rural cottages
What is cottage industry?
200
Population growth in 18th century Britain was attributed to the decline of what, which resulted in net population growth
What is death rate?
200
The was the response of agricultural workers to the loss of jobs and the mechanization of farm labor
What were the Swing Riots
300
The "Rocket"
Who is George Stephenson?
300
Created in 1764, this machine was created in response to an increase in demand for yarn or thread
What is the spinning jenny?
300
A person interested in finding new business opportunities and new ways to make profits
What is an entrepreneur?
300
In response to population growth, this early transportation network was a precursor to the railroad
What are canals?
300
This was used prior to the threshing machine in order to remove the wheat husk from the stalk
What is the flail?
400
The "Mule"
Who is Samuel Crompton
400
Debuting in 1808, __________ was Richard Trevithick's most famous steam prototype.
What is the "Catch Me Who Can"?
400
An economic system based on industrial production or manufacturing
What is industrial capitalism?
400
Collaboration with this British manufacturer enabled James Watt to refine the design of the Newcomen Steam Engine
Who is Matthew Boulton?
400
The first factory to appear in Birmingham, Britain
What is Soho?
500
The water frame
Who is Richard Arkwright?
500
This invention caused a large uproar in the British agricultural community and was one of the influencing causes of the 1830 swing riots
What is the treshing machine?
500
The process through which coke derived from coal is used to burn away impurities in crude iron to produce high quality iron
What is puddling?
500
In response to the growing population, industrialization of agricultural is referred to as this
What is the agricultural revolution?
500
The internet sensation intellectual that has captured the eternal adoration of the instructor of this course
Who is John Green?