Industrial revolution Flashcards
(35 cards)
Where did the Industrial revolution first take place.
Britain
When did it start?
in the 1750s
What was a result of the Industrial Revolution
machine-based manufacturing
Who set up factories
Wealthy textile merchants
what lead to the growth of industrial cities
workers coming to the factories
what forced farmers to be pushed off their land
cheap labour and agricultural revolution.
where were farmers being forced to live in
urban centres for employment
How was transport revolutionsed
the use of steam energy to create the railroad engine
What happened by 1830
railway lines began to appear across western europe
what did the New world countries do
they provided britain and europe with resources
Who lost their land to european migration
Indigenous people.
What is Equalitarism
equality of people
What is unionists
workers come together in factories
what is socialism
communal owerniships of land, factories, capital ect
Why was britain the birthplace of the industrial revolution
britsish goods increased and merchants needed more cost effective methods of production which led to the rise of mechansiation
What did enclosures do to the agricultural revolution
enclosures made peasents flood into the cities and get jobs
What else did enclosures do
clear waste made by the peasents
What did crop rotation do
it helped crops grow quicker and easier
what was the system called
four-field system
Crop production did what?
increase food for the people
what farm machines were invented
mechanical drills and seed sowing ad threshing machines
What are some other reasons the industrial revolution started in britain
Because of britains large coal supply and access to raw material from other countries
What 3 things britain had but no other country had
britains coal supplies
naval ower and trading power
access to raw materials from british empire
what other 3 things
stable government
good banking system and capital investment
freedom and capital spirit
