Industrial revolution Flashcards
What is a textile
Woven cloth
What is industrialism
A new economic system which relies on machinery not people
What is capital
Money invested in the business
What is a partnership
Where two or more people own the business and pool their money
What is a corporation
A business that raises money by selling shares in the company to investors
Who is James Hargreaves
He invented the spinning Jenny which spins thread
Who is Richard Arkwright
Invented a spinning machine powered by water
Who is Edmund Cartwright
He invented a power loom
Who is James Watt
Invented the steam engine
Who is Robert Fulton
Invented a boat powered by a steam engine
What does invest mean
To put something into
How did enclosure help to bring about the industrial revolution
- Peasants have to find jobs
- landowners made more money and invested it
Name three scientific discoveries
Radio, cars, airplanes
Who is Michael Faraday
He discovered an electric current
invented electric generators
Who is Thomas Edison
He invented the lightbulb
