Chapter 9 Flashcards
Process of making stuff with machines
Industrialization
Agriculture Revolution
Wealthy people start buying out frames
Enclosure Movement
- Endorsing their land
- Experimenting with crop rotation
- Population grows
- Increased sheep meat by selective breeding
2. Raised food supply
Bakewell
Made the seed drill
Tull
Where did Industrialization start and why?
England
–had a surplus of what we need
What do you need to industrialize?
- Power source–water or coal
- Heavy metal–machines
- Transportation–rivers
- Harbors
Why else was it easy to industrialize in Britain
- Stability or government
2. Steady economy
British 3 factors of Production
- Land
- Labor
- Capital (money)
Flying Shuttle
Kay
What came after the flying shuttle?
Spinning Jenny
Water Frame
Arkwright
Power loom
Cartwright
Where did all the Cotten come from?
American South
Cotton Gin and what did it do?
Whitney and it picked cotton
Improved steam engine
Watt
Who did watt team up with and what was his job?
Boulton–entrepreneur
Fulton
Clermont
Paved roads
McAdam
Railroad
Trevithick
Where was the first railroad and how long was it?
Yorkshire to Stockton
27 miles
Urban
Poor
Suburb
Rich
What was the perks of railroads?
Cheap and reliable
What changed about classes?
Class distinction based on where you live
City building and movement of people to cities
urbanization
What was the need for industrialization?
- no sanitary codes
- Unpaved streets
- sickness
- short life expectancy
- factories were dangerous
Larger ____ emerged
Examples: farmers, skilled workers, business people, etc.
middle class
Who destroyed machines?
Luddites