Chapter 19 Flashcards
Urgent messages flew across
telegraph wires
New Inventions
drug that prevents pain during surgery, sweing machine, measure of the speed of light, and antiseptic methods to reduce risk of woen dying in childbirth
they built earthen walls known as dikes to reclaim lad from the sea
Dutch
Some farmers did what to get more crops
mixed different kinds of soils to get higher crop yields (more crops)
invented a seed drill that helped farmers deposit seeds in rows rather then scattering them wastefully over the land
Jethro Tull
The process of taking over and consolidating land formerly shared by peasant farmers
enclosures
had developed a steam engine powered by coal to pump water out of the mines
Thomas Newcomen
Looked at Newcomen invention in 1764 and set out to make improvements on the engine in order to make it more efficient
James Watt
Separate iron from its ore
smelt iron
was britians communication and transportation cheap?
yes due to the accessible to water
had a stable government
britian
boosted demands for goods
Ready Workface
Which is money used to invest in enterpress
capital
is a business organization in an area such as shipping, mining, railroads or factories
enterprise
People who managed and assumed the financial risks of starting new business
entrepreneurs
Also known as cottage industry, in which raw cotton was distributed to peasant families who spun it into thread then wove the thread into cloth in their own homes
putting-out-system