The Industrial Revolution - Section 1 Flashcards
Industrial Revolution
A period of increased output of goods made by machines ans new inventions
Industrialization
It led to better quality life for people. The process if developing machine production of goods. Although it also caused great suffering
Enclosure
Wealthy land owners buying lands that villager farmers once worked in. Landowners rented fields to families of tenant farmers who worked the land. They would sometimes even put up a fence or hedge around his land
Crop Rotation
Rotating crops.
Tull
Jethro Tull, he invented the seed drill
Seed Drill
Allowed farmers to sow seeds in well-spaced rows at specific depths
Bakewell
Robert Bakewell helped improve livestock farming using selective breeding
Selective Breeding
Pairing the two best animals together to make better food
Great Britain’s Advantages
Abundant natural resource
A favourable geography
A favourable climate for new ideas
A good banking system
Politically Stability
A rise in population
More demand
More resources
Better living conditions
More workers/jobs
Abundant natural recouraces
Water power (rivers ans streams)
Coal
Iron
A favourable location
Island (protected by water)
Fine harbours
A favourable climate for new ideas
Educated public
New ideas encouraged and rewarded
Businesses and inventions
The banking system
Reasonable interest rates
Loans for everyone to create businesses
Encouraged people to invest in better machinery
Political Stability
Government supports all laws
Everyone is happy with democratic government
Freedom from war, no civil wars
