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100

Another term for money that used in investing in a business.

What is capital?

100

A small business,  where wool was spum to make cloth, usually in a home to make income for a family

Cottage Industry

100

I invented the seed drill that

Who is Jethro Tull

100

Large building of cramped small apartments that were overcrowded and unsanitary, where the urban workers lived

What is a tenement?

200

Four favors that encouraged the rise of industry

What is a growing population

               abundant raw materials

               stable govenment

               patents and 

200

Large buildings for the production of good, centrally located

What is a factory?

200

I invented the machine that separated the wheat from the chaff, known as a Thresher

Who is Andrew Melke?

200
The system of growing a different crop in a field each year.
What is crop rotation?
300
The natural resource that was used to power the steam engine.
What is coal?
300

Government issued rights granted to an inventor guaranteeing that no one else will copy or sell their invention.

What is a patent?

300

I invented a machine that revolutionized the cotton industry

Who is Eli Whitney?

300

First law to protect childrens working conditions in Britian.

What is 1833 Factory Act?

400
The shift , beginning in England during the 18th century, from making goods by hand to making them by machine.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
400
The development of industries for the machine production of goods.
What is Industrialization?
400

I didn't invent the steam engine, but I modified so it could be used as we used in boats, tractors and other modes of transportation.

Who is James Watt?

400

Negative effects of the Industrial Revolution

What are low wages, long hours, crowded cities,dangerous working conditions,polllution, disease?

500
The typical work week for a factory worker was...
6 days a week/14 hour days
500

Businessman who starts businesses for financial gain and accepts the risk for profit and loss.

What is an entrepreneur?

500

I invented the steam tractor

Who is John Fowles?

500

What are the positive effects of the industrial revolution?

New Wealth, mass produced textiles that created clothes & bedding, people could move up in classes, everything we have today