industiral revolution Flashcards
3 changes in agriculture
larger fields
new plants and animals were introduced
farming became more mechanized
why was British a prefect place for the industrial revolution
labour supply, lots of people willing to work
coal
what was coal used for, how was it collected and why was it dangerous
it was used for heat and power, people could get black lung and die
factory acts
children under 9 years old weren’t allowed to work and hours were shortened
law of supply and demand
the more there is of something, the less expensive it is, the less there is of something, the more expensive and wanted it is
Charles Townsend
4 crop rotation
Josiah Wedgwood
queensware pottery
father of marketing and advertising
James watt
improvements in the steam engine technology
James Hargreaves
invented the spinning Jenny
cottage industry
pro-work at home be around ur kids
cons- long hours little pay because lots of people did this work
Jesuits
missionaries
they were explorers who started schools in New France
coureurs de bois
runners of the woods
fur traders
Samuel de Champlain
de monts assistant
found a colony in Quebec City
Jacques Cartier
made a shipping route that allowed French traders to import goods to Europe
where was New France located
along the banks of the st Laurence river
why was the st Laurence river important
transportation
what are seigneuries
long narrow strips of land
who owned all the land in New France
the king
who were habitants
the people who farmed the land
who were the seigneurs
the lamdlord of the prices of land
they maintained the land
battle of the plains of Abraham
a British Invasion led by James Wolfe defeated French troops leading to the surrender of Quebec to the British. both leaders died. the French lost control of New France French surrendered Canada to the British
1755
the gov ordered the Acadians to be deported from their homes. New France became British possession and Canada a British colony
Acadians and what happened to them
they were descendants of the original French settlers and they were deported to France
who was Oliver Cromwell
was the leader of the new model army
he was a Puritan who believed absolutely in parliaments cause
