TOPICS LITERATURE Flashcards
WHEN DID THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BEGIN?
18th century
WHAT WERE THE CAUSES OF THE IND. REV?
Emergence of capitalism, European Imperialism, Coal mines and the effects of the Agricultural Revolution
Precursor of the laissez-faire capitalism?
What meant economic freedom?
Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations. 1776
Prosperity
Causes of capitalism
Impoverishment of workers, lack of safe working conditions, child labour, no limitation of working hours per week
Who created the steam engine?
James Watt with Thomas Newcomen’s idea to prevent floods in 1776.
The steam engine was attached to…
Locomotive, ships, machines
The Agricultural Revolution was due to…
Use of new machines and the enclosure of fields by the Parliamentary Enclosure Movement (rotation of crops, use of horses instead of oxen to pull machines)
The Industrial Rev. caused…
Migration to cities, rapid increase of population, unsanitary conditions, exploitation of workers, change in class, middle class appeared
Consequences of the Ind, Rev.
Idealization of factory system, urbanization of the poor, unhealthy conditions and spread of diseases, messy slums, dissappearance of machines. Appearance of Marxism
Who created the flying shuttle?
John Kay in 1733
Who created the spinning jenny?
Hargreaves in 1760s
Who created the water frame?
Richard Arkwright in 1769
The power loom was created by?
By Cartwright in 1789
Consequences of the Ind. Rev?
Pollution in the air, water, global warming
