Industrial Revolution Flashcards
(17 cards)
James Hargreaves
Spinning Jenny
John Kay
Flying shuttle
Jethro Tull
Seed drill
Samuel crompton
Spinning mule
Richard Arkwright
Water frame
Stephensons
Rocket
Thomas Newcomen
Steam engine/compressed steam
Edmund Cartwright
Powered loom
5 jobs children had
Canning food, check berries, shell search, coal mines, textiles/looms
Why did kids have to work
To support their poor families
What dangers did kids face?
Exhaustion/long hours, dirty/unhealthy conditions, exposure
Enclosure movement?
Land owners turned small land into large fields for better profits
Why was enclosure movement important
Poor people couldn’t afford land and farming became a profit business
What was the cottage industry
Rich paid poor to make products from home. Paid by the product
3 cottage advantages
Work in the community
Watch family
Income benefitted family
3 cottage disadvantages
Long hours without much in return
Wasn’t paid well
Individual cottage era worked alone
James macadam
3 layer roads