Euro Key Terms

Spinning Jenny

James Hargreaves: allowed one worker to spin multiple threads at once, significantly increasing yarn production.

Steam Engine

James Watt: used coal and steam to turn turbines to power machines

Agricultural Revolution

a period of significant agricultural development marked by improved techniques, crop rotation, and the introduction of machinery, leading to increased food production and population growth. Freed money to buy manufactured goods.

Repeal of Corn Laws

Made tariffs on grain go away which allows people to import grain and then leave their farms to work in the city.

Great Exhibition

A “world fair” at the Crystal Palace in which showed Britain’ industrialization to everyone

Quentin Canal

A canal in France started by Napoleon, and completed in 1806. Known for aiding navigation and facilitating transport of goods during the Industrial Revolution

Irish Potato Famine

A devastating period in the 1840s characterized by a potato blight that led to mass starvation and emigration in Ireland. due to a dependency on Potato in Ireland. Led to emigration to the US

Krupp Family

dominated steel industry and manufactured weapons in century 1845 - 1945 est.

Telegraph

Samuel Morse: created by Samuel Morse and it used MORSE code

National System

Friedrich List: Protected Germany industry from competition from Britain and promoted economic development through tariffs and infrastructure until they could compete with Britain (which they eventually did).