Studied by 135 PeopleTags & Description
Eli Whitney
Inventor who made the Cotton gin and patented it
Putting out system
In this system, raw cotton was given to peasant families. They made it into cloth, in their homes.
Charles Townsend
Discovered turnips restored exhausted soil
Enclosure
Is a process of taking over and consolidating land once owned by peasant farmers
Robert Bakewell
Bred stronger horses for farm work and fatter cattle and sheep for meat
Cottage industry
People made cloth and other items in their homes
Jethro tull
Invented the seed drill
Factory
Are places where workers and machines are brought together to make goods
Abraham Darby
Invented a new way to smelt iron ore using coal
Urbanization
People begin moving from the country to the city
Samuel Compton
Invented the spinning mule
Tenement
Terrible apartment buildings crowded together in slums
Richard Arkwright
patented the water frame to speed up spinning (stole the idea from someone else)
Entrepreneurs
Managed and assumed the financial risks of starting these new businesses
Robert Fulton
Developed the steam boat
Capital
People can open their own businesses and make a profit
Coerce Stephenson
Developed the steam powered locomotive
Turnpikes
Privately built roads that charged a fee to people that used them
James watt
Invented a better steam engine
Textiles
The cloth making industry ( machines can now spin many threads at one time.
What caused the Industrial Revolution? Why did these changes occur
The agricultural revolution caused poor farmers to move to cities and more products from farms means the city needed to keep up with demand
What were 2 changes/ inventions in transportation
George Stephenson (steam locomotive) Robert Fulton (steam boat)
What were 3 changes/inventions in textiles?
Samuel Compton (spinning mule) James Hargreaves (spinning Jenny) Richard Arkwright (patented water frame)