Industrial Revoltion Flashcards
Four inventions that led to the revolution
Crop rotation
Seed drill
Enclosure
Livestock improvements
England’s natural resources
Coal water and iron
Geography
The enlightenment
Banking in England
Three inventions for speed production in textile industries
The flying shuttle
The spinning Jenny
The cotton gin
The steam engine
What is the flying shuttle
Able to produce threads much quicker
Produced many threads at the same time
Prob- not enough cotton
Who invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Transportation revolution
Turnpikes
Canals
Macadam
Iron walls
Probs of industrialization
Urbanization =disease crime and pollution
Terrible working conditions
Caused two extreme groups
Labor unions
Illegal
When ppl form support groups who will fight till they get what they want
Micheal sadlier
Realized the harsh working conditions of the poor
In 1833 he wrote report about it
Who realized the harsh working conditions and wrote a book about it
Micheal sadlier
The factory act of 1833
Min age to work is 4
Can’t work over 12 hours per day
Problem
Two extreme groups
Solution
Laizzes faire
3 philosophers who came up with ideas under lassiez faire
Adam Smith
Malthus-cut down population
Richardo
Richardo
Wrote the iron law of wages
Even if wages increase won’t solve problem
