Industrial Revolution Flashcards
Where did Industrial Revolution start?
Britain
What are the 5 M’s Britain had?
money, machines,men, materials, and markets
Before industrial revolution
- handmade tools
- lived in RURAL areas
- made their own clothes and grew their own food
- traded goods in nearby towns at outdoor markets
What was life like AFTER industrial revolution?
- people now live in CITIES (urban area)
- people bought clothes and food that someone else produced
- traveling was more common (result of train and steamboat)
- NEW INVENTIONS POURED OUT EVERY YEAR
What led to a population boom?
improvements in farming
What did farmers exchange?
Ideasq
Who invented the Seed Drill?
Jethro Tull
What is the Enclosure Movement?
process of taking over and consolidating land formerly shared by peasant farmers
*farm workers left rural area in search of work and landed in cities where they could find jobs in factories
When population multiplies what happens?
famine’s risk reduces
James Watt
a scottish engineer who set out to make improvements to the first steam engine
Abraham Darby
Used coal instead of charcoal to smelt Iron which resulted in a less expensive and higher quality iron
Why Britain?
natural resources (coal, iron, waterways for trade, less rigid society, large workforce)
Capitalists
Capital - money
Used to invest in enterprises
*took advantage of an opportunity to invest and make money, sometimes at the cost of others
What were the first factories?
textile factories
Putting-out System (Cottage industry)
Cloth was produced in individual homes, production was slow. The first factories developed in this industry.
Richard Arkwright
patents the Water Frame (spinning wheel that can be powered by water)
Urbanization
movement of people to the cities
Turnpikes and canals
makes transporting goods much cheaper