true or false
Managers running factories had lots of good morals and cared for their workers a lot.
False
Industrialization paved the way for what became a dominant economic force.
Capitalism
The European voyages led to an influx of gold and silver to Britain from where?
The Americas.
French for “New Rich”
(Nouveau Riche)
When did enclosure start?
12th century
2 characteristics of factories for the workers
Long hours
low pay
child labor
The value of the what helped spur on the industrial revolution?
Individual
New technology made what desirable?
Factories
The hierarchical division of a society into distinct social groups based on wealth, income, education, occupation, and status.
(Class Structure)
Before 18th century farming was done on?
Big fields split into small plots
what is urbanization
the process of making an area more urban.
“The most far-reaching, influential transformation of human culture since the advent of agriculture eight or ten thousand years ago… The consequences of this revolution would irrevocably change human labor, consumption, family structure, social structure, and even the very soul and thoughts of the individual."
Who said this?
Richard Hooker
What made large-scale production possible?
Steam engines and other inventions.
Before Industrialization, wealth had been primarily derived from this.
(Land Ownership)
Before 18th century farming was done on?
Big fields split into small plots Who was against the practice of enclosure?
The church
2 negative effects of urbanization
bad sanitation
overcrowding
Liberal principles were used by who to become more profitable and efficient?
Entrepreneurs and inventors
The money economy and development of financial institutions discredited what?
The mercantilist system.
While the Nouveau Riche lived in ostentatious homes, this specific group endured “horrible conditions” and insufficient wages.
(Middle Class Workers/Labourers.)
What was passed in 1801?
The Inclosure Act
Agricultural reason why people were moving to the city
Mechanization of Agriculture
Industrialization describes the transition of Britain from an agricultural and mercantile society to a ________ society.
Modern industrial
The agricultural and commercial advancements were tied to which ideology?
Classical liberalism.
French Novellist who attempted to capture the ordinary lives of the working class in his novel Germinal
(Emile Zola)
What did the Act passed in 1801 involve?
Minimal compensation for farmers and fewer laborers.