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U7 L2 England: Fires Of Continuation Flashcards

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Before the Industrial Revolution, how did people (craftsmen) work?

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  • set own hours
  • used own tools
  • food grown in family garden
  • independent and self-sufficient
  • work at pace best suited for them
  • ran business at home or nearby workshop
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Where were factories initially located?

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near water bodies to run machines

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What is capital?

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amount of property/money available for use in business

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What is a capitalist?

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  • person who has a capital invested in a business

- engages in free enterprise

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What is a stockholder?

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  • someone who purchased stock (aka shareholder)
  • part owners of business
  • lost when company lost
  • receives percentage of business profits
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Because setting up a factory and business required a lot of money, what did several businesses combine to gather?

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capital

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What is the aristocracy?

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small privileged class of nobility, the wealthy

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8
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Who did financial support come from?

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merchants who were wealthy through trading during previous years

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9
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What citizen class were most merchants from?

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middle-class

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Who did the upper class consist of?

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nobility and aristocracy

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How did the upper class make their fortune?

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owning land (bc they were like ‘ugh dirty work and factories, how utterly mundane, but then they saw the middle-class pulling in the stacks and they were like o-0)

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What were the two groups people that were categorized into in Factories?

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  • directing work

- performing tasks

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What was the difference between the salaries of those who administered work and did the work in factories?

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A- monthly/yearly salary

D- daily/weekly wages

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Who were among the original factor workers?

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-Beggars
-street people
-women
-children
(soon joined by skilled workers)

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What were the positive advantages of factories?

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  • jobs for unemployed
  • self employed were provided steady paychecks
  • economic conditions improved
  • increased productivity
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What were the negative disadvantages of factories?

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  • works did the work, administers reaped the benefits
  • poor working conditions
  • artisans and farmers put out of jobs and skills seemed useless
17
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For the capitalists, were the poor conditions in factories were of little interest to them?

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yes

18
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The factory worker bore the brunt of the factory system through the stifling of his what?

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  • creativity
  • dignity
  • self-worth
19
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Who built the first known steam engine? When and where?

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  • 120 BC, Hero

- Alexandria Egypt

20
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Who were given real credit for the invention of the steam engine?

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English

21
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In 1698, what did Thomas Savery invent? What was it used for?

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  • first practical steam engine

- pump/drain water from mines

22
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In 1712, what did Thomas Newcomen improve?

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Thomas Savery’s steam engine

23
Q

The steam engine did not become popular until what?

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James Watt patented advanced steam engine in 1769

24
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Why was James Watt’s steam engine unique?

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could drive other machines

25
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What did the steam engine influence?

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  • machinery

- transportation (steamships, railroads)

26
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How did steam engines impact transportation (in general)?

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  • safer
  • more comfortable
  • faster
  • cheaper
27
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What did John McAdam construct?

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improved road

28
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How was John McAdam’s road constructed?

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  • raised arch shape so water will flow out of road
  • large stones for foundation
  • covered with smaller stone layers
  • top layer even smaller stones held together with mud
  • smoothed with roller
29
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Are modern roads today made the same as John McAdam’s road, excluding mud?

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yes

30
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How did the steam engine impact water travel?

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  • steamship
  • not relying on wind
  • quicker distribution
31
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What did Robert Fulton invent? What did it influence and what was its impact?

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  • steamship, Clermont
  • transatlantic travel by steamship
  • faster distribution and at cheaper price
32
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In 1814, what did George Stephenson invent? How did it work?

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  • steam locomotive

- powered by coal to produce steam

33
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In 1830, after perfecting the steam engine, what did George Stephenson create? What did it do? And how fast was it?

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  • steam locomotive, the Rocket
  • pulled railroad cars from Liverpool to Manchester
  • 29 mph
34
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The steam engine allowed tunnels to be dug where?

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through mountains, saving time and money

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