Lesson 1 Q3 Flashcards
(16 cards)
Industrial Revolution
Great increase in machine production of goods that began in England in 18th century
Enclosure
Large fields for farming
Crop rotation
Planting a different crop in the same field each year to allow the soil to regenerate
Industrialization
Process of developing machine, production of goods
Factors of production
Conditions needed to produce goods and services
Factory
A building where goods are made
Entrepreneur
A person who organizes manager and takes on financial risk of a business enterprise
Henry Bessemer
British engineer who developed away to produce steal cheaply
Two important results in the enclosure movement
First land owners tried new agricultural method second large land owners forced small farmers to become tenant farmers or to give up farming and move to the cities
Who was jethro tull ? what did he invent? How did the invention help farmers
Jethro tull was one of the first scientific farmers. He noticed that throwing seeds on the ground, wasted a lot of them because they didn’t grow so he invented the seed drill which helped farmers plant seeds the right way so more of them would grow.
The flying shuttle
A shuttle that sped back-and-forth . A boat shaped piece of wood
Spinning wheel
Allowed one spinner to work eight threads at a time
Water frame
Use water power from rapid streams to drive spinning wheel
Spinning mule
Made threads that was stronger finer and more consistent than earlier, spinning machines
Power loom
Run by water power sped up weaving after its invention in 1787
What were the major economic and social effects of the steam driven locomotive? Name 2
1 ) the railroad boom created hundreds of thousands of new jobs for both railroad workers and miners
2) by making travel easier railroads encouraged country people to take distant city jobs
