industrial revolution Flashcards
(14 cards)
strikes
stopping work, occurs when break down between employee and employer happens
enclosures
fences in fields created by wealthy British land owners
industrial revolution
began in Britain in the 18th Century, went from by hand to with machines
unions
an association of workers formed to bargain for better working condition and higher wages
corporations
business owned by stockholders who share profits
textile industry
clothing, in GB
natural resources of the IR
coal, iron, and water
non industrialized countries
territories in Africa and Russia
wealth nations gained
up in standard living, built up of military, improved infrastructure
birthplace of IR
Great Britain
working conditions
long hours, dirty dangerous, repetitive
British success in IR
military, economy/industry, stable gov
entrepreneur
someone who takes on risks of a business
steam engine
machine that worked on coal for burned out water invented by James watt and matthew Bolton
