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19 Cards in this Set
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The time in which output of machine-made goods in England was increased. This started in the middle 1700s
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Industrial Revolution
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Large fields, often surrounded by hedges or fences in which landownders experimented with more productive seeding and harvesting methods
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enclosures
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A farmer who invented the seed drill which allowed for more productive planting.
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Jethro Tull
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The changing of plants in a crop regularly, so as to avoid depleting the soil's nutrients.
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crop rotation
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A farmer who increased his meat output by allowing only his best sheep to breed.
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Robert Bakewell
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Why did the industrial Revolution begin in England?
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England had plentiful natural resources
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The process of developing machine production of goods.
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Industrialization
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What are the factors of production?
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The resources needed to produce goods and services. Including land, labor, and capital.
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Who invented the flying shuttle? When?
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John Kay in 1733
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What did James Hargreaves invent?
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The spinning Jenny, which allowed one spinner to work 8 threads at a time.
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What did Richard Arwright invent?
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the water frame in 1769
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Who combined the features of the spinning jenny and the water frame to create the spinning mule?
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Samuel Crompton
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Large buildings housing machinery.
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Factories
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Who invented the cotton gin? When?
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Eli Whitney in 1793
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Who invented the steam engine?
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James Watt
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A person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risks of a business.
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Entrepreneur
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Who payed James Watt to make a better steam engine?
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Matthew Boulton
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Who invented the steamboat?
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Robert Fulton
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Which scottish engineer improved british roads.
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John McAdam
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