Chapter 13 Vocab Flashcards
Crop rotation
Farming practice in which different crops are grown, and it feel to maintain the soils fertility
Cottage industries
Locations where wolf was spun and woven to make cloth providing income for the family
Jethro Tull
Developed a seed drill
Seed drill
Invention that efficiently places seeds in rows across a plot of land
Andrew Meikle
Developed a threshing machine
Threshing machine
Enables a few men to separate the wheat from the husks in stocks quickly
Eli Whitney
Invented the cotton gin
Cotton gin
Enables a few men to separate the cotton fiber from the seeds quickly
Cyrus McCormick
Invented horse drawn, reaping machine
Reaping machine
Enable farmers to cut wheat much more quickly
John Fowler
Developed one of the first first known self-propelled steam engines
Steam tractor
A self-propelled tractor that could plow fields and dig drainage, canals
Industrial revolution
Name for the 18th and 19th centuries due to the great changes in manufacturing
Factories
Large buildings that are centrally located for most efficient production of goods
Steam engine
Provided the necessary power to pull heavy loads in the form of tractors and locomotives
James Watt
Made important improvements in the design of the steam engine that increased efficiency
John Kay
Invented the flying shuttle
James Hargreaves
Invented the spinning, Jenny
Spinning, Jenny
Intervention that could rapidly spin spools of cotton thread into yarn
Entrepreneurs
Businessman who sell interventions, or start businesses for financial gain, and accept a risk of personal loss
Richard Arkwright
Became one of the most famous entrepreneurs got the government to protect several inventions with a patent
Patent
Set of government issued rights granted to an inventor to prevent others from copying and selling his invention for a certain amount of time
Capital 
Supplied by bankers are welding investors to entrepreneurs to help them get their business started
1833 factory act
Placed limits on child labor