Industrialization Flashcards
Positives of Industrialization
- Increased job oppurtunities
Negatives of Industrialization
- Poor working conditions
Why did people work in factories rather than farms
- higher wages
Urbanization
City building and the migration of people to cities
Problems that arose form England’s growth?
- Overcrowding and unsanitary living
Industrial Revolution
refers to the greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in England in the middle 1700s
After starting in England, where did the industrial revolution spread?
to continental Europe and North America.
1700 England’s physical geography
Made up almost entirely of small farms
What innovations amounted to an agricultural revolution.
Wealthy landowners, however, began buying up much of the land that village farmers had once worked. The large landowners dramatically improved farm ing methods.
Agricultural Revolution
- Farmers
increased his mutton (sheep meat) output by allow ing only his best sheep to breed
Robert Bakewell
Where did the farmers who were out of work after enclosures became a thing go?
To work in factories
Industrialization which is the process of developing machine production of goods, required such natural resources as
• water power and coal to fuel the new machines
• iron ore to construct machines, tools, and buildings
• rivers for inland transportation
• harbors from which merchant ships set sail
What helped support the British Industrialization?
- Natural Resources
- Expanding economy
- Political stability
What did John Kay invent in 1733?
In 1733, a machinist named John Kay made a shuttle that sped back and forth on wheels. This flying shuttle, a boat-shaped piece of wood to which yarn was attached, doubled the work a weaver could do in a day.
