The Industrial Revolution Flashcards

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Enclosure

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The process of taking over and consolidating land formerly shared by peasant farmers

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Anesthetic

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Drug that prevents pain during surgery

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James watt

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Scottish engineer who improved the steam engine created by Thomas Newcomen. His steam engine opened the door to operating machinery and powering locomotives and steam ships. His engine became the key source of the industrial revolution

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Smelt

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To separate iron from its ore

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Capital

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Money used to invest in enterprises.

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Enterprise

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A business organization in an area such as shipping, mining, railroads, or factories

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Entrepreneurs

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People who managed and assumed the financial risks of starting new businesses

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Putting-out system

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Aka The cottage industry, In which raw cotton wa distributed to peasant families who spun it into thread and then wove the thread into cloth in their own homes.

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Eli Whitney

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Inventor of the cotton gin, separated seeds from raw cotton at a fast rate.

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Turnpikes

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Private roads built by entrepreneurs who charged travelers a toll to use them,vthis was a cheaper method of moving goods from place to place

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Manchester

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City in England; one of the leading industrial areas.- first major railway connected Manchester to Liverpool

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Urbanization

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The movement of people to cities

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Tenement

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Multi story buildings, divided into apartments

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Labor unions

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Workers orginizations

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