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19 Cards in this Set
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Industrial Revolution
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the shifts begining in England during the 18th century form making goods by hand to making them by machineq
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Enclosure
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one of the fenced-in or hedged-in fields created by wealthy british landowners on land that was formerly worked by village farmers
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crop rotation
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the system if growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of hte land
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industrialization
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the development of industries for the machine production of goods
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factors of production
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the resources-including land, labor, and capital-that are needed to produce goods and services
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factory
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a large building in which machinery is used to manufacture goods
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entrpreneur
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a person who organizes, manages, and takes on the riks of a business
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Jethro Tull
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one of the first of these scientific farmers
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John Kay
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made a shuttle that sped back and forth on wheels.This flying shuttle, a boat-shaped piece
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James Hargreaves
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invented a spinning wheel His spinning jenny allowed one spinner to work eight threads at a time.
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Richard Arkwright
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invented the water frame used the waterpower from rapid streams to drive spinning wheels
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Samuel Crompton
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combined features of the spinning jenny and the water frame to produce the spinning mule. The spinning mule made thread that was stronger, finer, and more consistent than earlier spinning machines.
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Edmund Cartwright
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invented power loom sped up weaving after its invention in 1787.
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Eli Whitney
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invented cotton gin multiplied the amount of cotton that could be cleaned
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James Watt
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gured out a way to make the steam engine work faster and more efficiently while burning less fuel.fi
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Robert Fulton
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ordered a steam engine built a steamboat called the Clermont
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John McAdam
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equipped road beds with a layer of large stones for drainage
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urbanization
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the growth of cities and the migration of people into them
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niddle class
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a social class made up of skilled workers professionals business people and wealthy farmers
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