Industrial Revolution Flashcards
The term ‘Industrial Revolution’ was first popularized by the English economic historian _______.
Arnold Toynbee
This describes the Britain’s economic development from ____
1760-1840
ARNOLD J. TΟΥΝΒΕΕ
BACKGROUND
April 14, 1889
London, United Kingdom
English historian, a philosopher of history, an author.
BEST ACHIEVEMENTS
One of the founders of the historiographical Trend of global history.
late 18th and early 19th centuries
(First wave).
MOST IMPORTANT INVENTIONS OF THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
STEAM ENGINE
COTTON GIN
SPINNING JENNY
TELEGRAPH
turned the wheels of mechanized factory production
The steam engine.
is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much. greater productivity than manual cotton separation.
COTTON GIN
An early multiple-spindle machine for spinning wool or cotton and was one of the key developments in the industrialization manufacturing during the early industrial revolution
SPINNING JENNY
a device which used electric impulses to transmit encoded messages over a wire, would eventually revolutionize long-distance communication
The telegraph
The following are some key examples of the forces driving change:
AGRICULTURE
ENERGY
METALLURGY
TEXTILES
CHEMICALS
TRANSPORTATION
Deforestation in England had led to a shortage of wood for ___ and ___ starting in the 16th century.
lumber and fuel
The production of fabrics, especially cotton, was fundamental to Britain’s economic development between .
1750 and 1850
-January 8, 1721
-Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England
-English weaver, carpenter, and inventor
-Inventor of the spinning Jenny, the first practical application of multiple spinning by a machine.
JAMES HARGREAVES
-December 8, 1765
-Westborough, Massachusetts, United States
-American Inventor
-Inventor of the cotton gin, he was also the father of the mass production method
ELI WHITNEY