Unit 16: Industrial Revolution

A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the state in which there are no classes.

founder of modern communism

refers to members of the poor working class

the tools, factories, land, and investment capital used to produce wealth

Champion of liberty over unlimited state control

idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people

A person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risks of a business.

British philosopher and economist who advocated utilitarianism

a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

John McAdams

James Watt

Seed Drill

George Stephenson

spinning mule

cottage industry

Selective Breeding

Robert Fulton

tenements

urbanization

labor unions

The most efficient power source of the first industrial revolution and led to the development of the railroad

Movement of people from rural areas to cities

The practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year, to avoid exhausting the soil.

The most abundant natural resource found in great Britain at the beginning of the industrial revolution

a loom operated mechanically, run by water putting the loom side by side with the spinning machines in factories, changed workers job from running it to watching it, Invented in 1787, invented by Edward Cartwright, it sped up the production of textiles

the process of changing from doing work by hand to working with power-driven machinery

A time when new inventions such as the seed drill and the steel plow made farming easier and faster. The production of food rose dramatically.

first industry of industrial revolution focused on the production of cotton cloth

level of material comfort experienced by a group of people

the combining of many small farms by wealthy land owners by the fencing off of lands

a craft occupation performed at home

the time period when power-driven machinery was developed

the system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items

a building that housed machine-driven industry

the essential elements that a nation needs for economic success