The industrial revolution. Flashcards
Where and when did the industrial revolution start?
Great Britain 1750-1850
When was the second phase of the industrial revolution and where did it spread?
1850-1940 spread through Europe and USA
What were some of the changes the industrial revolution brought?
Travel moved to train and steamship
Messages could move through the telegraph
Anesthetic used by dentists
Sewing machine
antiseptic
What happened before the industrial revolution?
The agricultural revolution.
How did farming improve during the agricultural revolution?
Dikes
Crop rotation
Equipment
Enclosure
Abraham Darby
Used coal to smelt Iron
Smelt definition
Separate iron from its ore
Thomas Newcomen
Developed steam engine
James Watt
Improved steam engine and patent it
Why did Britain start the industrial revolution?
Natural recourses
labor
capital
entrepeunuers.
What is capital
Money used to invest in enterprices
Henry Ford
First affordable car
Louis Pasteur
Showed link between microbes and disease
Alexander Graham Bell
Patent for telephone
John Dalton
Developed modern atomic theory