industrial rev Flashcards
population boom of the 1700s, declining death rates and healthier babies
population explosion
water and wind mills become popular as well as coal and steam engines
energy revolution
where the industrial revolution started
Britain
places that bring workers and machines together to produce large amount of product
factories
he improved the steam engine and used coal instead of water
james watt
privately owned roads you had to pay a toll to use
turn pikes
population boom and increase in workers
urbanization
rioters of the industrial revolution
luddites
new religious movement
methodism
government should have no place in the free operation of the economy
laizzefaire
he belived that the free market would help everyone not just the rich
adam smith
he predicted the population would out grow the food supply
thomas malthus
the idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greater amount
utilitarianism
many felt the industrial revolution made a huge divide between the poor and the rich.
socialism
early socialists named after people who tried to build self sufficiant communities
utopians