Unit 3 - Industrial Revolution

Question 1

The Enclosure acts

Answer 1

Previously, there was common land shared by peasants to farm on. However, the government made it so that it all became private, making it so that peasants had to work for someone or move to cities and work in factories

Question 1

Britain’s advantage: natural resources

Answer 1

had iron and coal and sheep, farmland, rivers and coastline and ports, island

Question 2

British advantage: economy and gov

Answer 2

domestic and foreign markets, banking system and low interest rates, lots of wealthy individuals. Had a parliament which supported businesses, promoted science and was stable

Question 3

Scientific farming

Answer 3

fallow fields replaced with turnips and clover instead of wheat and barley as usual. Seed drill allowed farmers to lay down seeds well spaced and in rows. Selective breeding by humans was used.

Question 4

inventions that helped Britain (excluding farming ones)

Answer 4

Spinning wheel, textiles, steam engine,

Question 5

effects of industrialization

Answer 5

created many jobs, working conditions got worse before they got much better. Standard of living rose w/ economy. Cities got super crowded and then less so as the suburbs were flooded by city escapees. City hygiene got worse before it got better with putting in place sewers, building codes, water, etc.

Question 6

Textile inventions

Answer 6

flying shuttle: increased speed of weaving / spinning jenny: spun 8-10 threads at a time / water frame: large spinning machine used in a factory and powered by water / power loom: automatically wove thread into cloth and water powered / cotton gin: separated seed from raw cotton