Industrial Revolution Flashcards
James Hargreaves
Spinning Jenny
John Kay
Flying shuttle
Jethro Tull
Seed drill
Samuel crompton
Spinning mule
Richard Arkwright
Water frame
Stephensons
Rocket
Thomas Newcomen
Steam engine/compressed steam
Edmund Cartwright
Powered loom
5 jobs children had
Canning food, check berries, shell search, coal mines, textiles/looms
Why did kids have to work
To support their poor families
What dangers did kids face?
Exhaustion/long hours, dirty/unhealthy conditions, exposure
Enclosure movement?
Land owners turned small land into large fields for better profits
Why was enclosure movement important
Poor people couldn’t afford land and farming became a profit business
What was the cottage industry
Rich paid poor to make products from home. Paid by the product
3 cottage advantages
Work in the community
Watch family
Income benefitted family