Agriculture And Industrial Revolution Flashcards
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Which term refers to fencing off common lands ?
Enclosure
Give 1 benefit of fencing off common lands for LANDOWNERS in 1700s?
It was for greater efficiency and reduction of diseases spreading through livestock
Name a key disadvantage of fencing off common lands for COMMONERS?
Loss of access to forage, grazing land and firewood
Why were the Wetlands in Fens so useful to Fenlanders before they were drained?
Provided fish, reeds and fertile lands
How did the Agricultural revolution give way to urbanisation?
More efficient farming methods meant fewer worker Sollen were needed. People had to find more jobs so they moved to the city.
What order did landowners begin using in the 1700s to enclose the land?
Parliamentary enclosure acts.
Why was it harder for agricultural workers to find work in winter?
Threshing machines were introduced
Why was it harder for agricultural workers to access poor relief in the early 1800s?
The population increased massively
What did the government build to deal with the poor in 1834?
Workhouses
What term refers to the agricultural workers who smashed new machinery?
Swing Rioters
What term refers to textile workers who smashed new machinery?
Luddites
Who harvested raw cotton in America in the 1700s to early 1800s
Enslaved Africans
What did textile factory owners use to power the early textile mills?
Water wheels
What was the new form of energy that powered the later textile machines from the early 1800s?
Steam power
Why build textile mills near canals and RAILWAYS?
For easier transportation of goods and materials
Why was coal so important in the Industrial Revolution?
It powered Steam engines and factories.
Which came first Industrial Revolution or Agricultural revolution?
Agricultural Revolution
Test questions reviews are marked with ‘T’
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T: What term refers to the policy of extending a country’s power and influence through colonisation and military force?
Imperialism
T: What term describes the British colonists who went to British East Africa and tried to convert them to Christians?
British missionaries
T: Which Political group wanted to maintain the power of the church and monarchy and avoid changing the electoral system in the early 1800s?
The Torries
T: Which political group supported the parliamentary reform in the early 1800s?
The Whigs.
