chapter 22 industrial revolution KEY TERMS Flashcards
inventor of steam engine
Thomas Newcomen in 1705 and Thomas Savery in 1698
made puddling furnace
Henry Cort; it allowed pig iron to be refined in turn with coke
what/who built the Rocket
George Stephenson in 1830 sped down the track in Liverpool and Manchester
significance of railroad
dramatically reduced the cost and uncertainty of shipping freight overland
David Ricardo and Malthus
around 1812 concluded that workers would earn only enough to stay alive
Luddites
handicraft workers attacked whole factories in northern England in 1812
Factory Act 1833
limited factory workday for 9-13 year olds at 8 hours, children under 9 had to go to school
Mines Act 1842
prohibited underground work for all women and boys under 10
Robert Owen established
Largest and most visionary of the early national unions in 1834; Grand National Consolidated Trade Union