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14 Cards in this Set
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What was rebolutionalized in the industrial revolution?
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-production of wealth
-techniques of manufacture -exploitation of natural resources -formation of capital -distribution of products of consumers |
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What date is associated with the start of the industrial revolution?
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1780
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What were the reasons of the start of the industrial revolution?
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-political charactersitics of England
-access to world markets -rewards for risk taking and innovation |
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Why didn't monarchs like industrialization?
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it became harder for them to maintain control over public power because of the enlarged business and wage-earning classes.
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How are industrialization and capitalism related?
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they are not the same, but industrialization must have capitalism
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Describe captitalist and socialist (non-capitalist) societies.
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capitalist = private control of capital
socialist = capital belongs to public and controlled by the state |
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What ideas in western europe led to industrialization?
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- possession of property = personal independance and political liberty
-expectation to keep future profits --> risk captila in new and uncertain ventures --> entrepreneurial spirit --> capitalist industrialization |
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Capitalism help industrialization take off in western europe. What was the situation outside of that area?
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little capital for trade or agriculture --> needed more planning and decision making to industrialize --> more socialist industrialization
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What time period did the industrial revolution occur in Britain?
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1780-1830
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What was the industrial revolution in Britain?
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change form hand tools to power machinery
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What was needed in Britain for the industrial revolution?
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social mobility
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Why didn't an agricultural revolution happen on the continent?
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people were more tied to soil
ag less productive |
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Who controlled England before the agricultural revolution?
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squirearchy: well-to-do landowners
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Why was the agricultural revolution so important?
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without it there wouldn't have been an industrial revolution.
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