Ir Test Flashcards

1
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Revolution

A

If there are big changes in society you call it a Revolution

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2
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Industry

A

How we produce or make things to sell

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3
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Technology from the IR

A

Factories

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4
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Colonies

A

Countries who provided money with their natural resources

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5
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Coal

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Coal was 3x better than wood for energy and was good to use for factories but often caused bad pollution

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6
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Natural resources

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Coal wood and iron

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7
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Enclosure system

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Larger farm fields that made more profit for farmers

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8
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Common land

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An area could be used by anybody but gov made laws that made it so they had to be purchased

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9
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Seed drill

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Planted seeds neatly in rows and was faster and much less wasteful l new plants and animals were healthier but more expensive

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10
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Flying shuttle

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Made weaving much faster and allowed large looms to be operated by one person

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11
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Laissez Faire

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Business could be as free as possible from regulations and competition would make them grow, wealth would benefit everyone

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12
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Factory system

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Working conditions were unsafe because safety would be expensive for owners who only cared about profit. Workers were payed as little as possible

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13
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Cottage system

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There were small stores who only could make a limited amount of items

Factories made profits hard for them

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14
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Invention

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Someone who creates something new that has a good impact on stuff

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15
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Child labour

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Children would work from the age of 6
Families needed there children to work because their wages were low
Since they are small they would be put in dangerous situations

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16
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Profit

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Payed workers little so the owners could make maximum profit

17
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Energy sources

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Used to use wood but switched to coal because wood was heavy and bulky and didn’t last long

18
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Slavery

A

Britain would abuse its colonies and use the people as slaves to make money

19
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Steam engine

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A heat engine that performs mechanical work by using steam as a working fluid (used for trains factories and more)

James watt

20
Q

How did the factory system impact factory owners nature and city?

A

Owners could sell a lot more things and pay the workers little

Made cities polluted

Ruined natural habitats for animals

21
Q

Why did the IR happen in Britain but not other places?

A

Idk

22
Q

How did transportation change the IR?

A

They made new gravel roads (James macadam invented this)

23
Q

What kinda of laws did the gov make during the IR?

A

Laissez faire

Common land

24
Q

What were working conditions like?

A

Safety was expensive so owners didn’t bother so they could make more profit

People worked in unsafe places and even more so for children

Payed little

25
Q

Describe the child labour situation during the IR

A

Children worked from a young age so they could get more money because there parents made little to nothing

Children worked in unsafe places because they were small and couldn’t refuse

26
Q

What was life like for the upper/middle classes?

A

Men had good jobs like lawyers etc and women would have parties and buy dinnerware and other things
Children would be educated and go to school and not have to work

27
Q

Class structure

A

Born into a social group

Working class/middle class/ upper class

28
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What did they use to figure which group you belonged too?

A

Accents

29
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Upper class

A

Inherited money from their parents and ancestors

30
Q

Middle class

A

We’re professionals like doctors, lawyers, and businessmen

31
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Working class

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Worked in unsafe factories

32
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Why did everyone work in the middle class?

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Because they needed all the money they could get women and children worked too

33
Q

What did poor people often revert too?

A

Crime

34
Q

Irish potatoe famine

A

A disease that destroyed all the potatoes in Ireland in 1845 leaving people starving and moving to Britain or Canada