Industrial Revolution Flashcards
When was the industrial revolution?
1700 to 1914
In What country did it start
Britain
What was the industrial revolution?
It was a change from Farming, handicraft to industry and mass production
Many new inventions were invented give me two inventions
The steam engine and the spinning wheel
Key terms of the revolution
Discovery of coal
Inventions
Colonisation
People moving to the city
Name one key inventor and invention
James Watt invented the steam engine
Give a positive consequence of the industrial revolution
Advanced technology
Increased life expectancy
Give negative consequences of the industrial revolution
Pollution
Poor working conditions
What was the slave trade
People from west Africa were forced to move to Central America
What did the slaves do
They grew cotton and sugar for the English people in Britain
Define Industrial revolution
It was the transition to machines giving movement.
