Agrarian and Industrial Revolution Flashcards
(45 cards)
What is the Enclosure System?
The process of taking over and fencing off land formerly shared by peasant farmers.
Why Enclose ?(Ensclosure system)
It increased profits.
2 consequences of enclosure
–Villages shrank and people moved to cities
–Farm laborers were out of work
Charles Townshend developed
Charles Townshend
developed a system of crop rotation.
Thomas Malthus
an Enlightenment
economist
1st core principle
Food is necessary for human existence
2nd core principle
human population grows faster than the power to produce food.
3rd core principle
Population increases in a geometrical ratio.
4th core principle
Humans tend not to limit their population voluntarily.
who worked in the factory system ?
Men, women and children
when were factories open?
daylight hours and 6 days a week
where did many of the factory workers live
in the slums w/ no running water
Entrepreneurs/Aristocratic
wanted to maintain power and keep their rights
Middle class
liberals, equality should be expanded
socialists
people to own factories, farms and mines. To serve the needs of people and not only wealthy`
Robert Owen
a socialist and a Utopian, tried to establish ideal communities , shared in the economic success
What did Robert owen think on education
He thought education was the key to a happier society and universal harmony.
How did the middle class see the poor/aristocracy
they thought they didn’t work hard enough
The new business people of the Industrial Revolution were known as ?
entrepreneurs
What was a workhouse
it housed people who were unable to support themselves
What happened to families who entered a workhouse ?
they were broken up
How were children kept awake at the end of the day ?
they were beaten
Cyrus McCormick invented
the Reaper
what is important about 1848
revolutions were taking place and The Communist Manifesto
