Industrial Revolution TEST

Industrial Revolution

the greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in England in the middle 1700s

Enclosure Movement

Wealthy landowners purchasing public land enclosing it with fences or hedges, which increased agricultural efficiently

Results of Enclosure Movement

1. Landowners tried new agricultural methods to increase farming efficiency

2. Large landowners forced small farmers to become tenant farmers or to give up farming and move to cities

In the 1700s, the process of enclosure tended to increase?

farming efficiency

Who was Jethro Tull?

He was a scientific farmer that invented the seed drill in 1701

• The seed drill allowed farmers to sow seeds in well-spaced rows at specific depths → boosting crop yield

Crop rotation

The practice of seeding fields with different crops each year and allowing a field to sometimes lie fallow

Why did the Industrial Revolution Began in England?

• Had the natural resources for industrialization

• Highly developed banking system

• Businesspeople & people invested in new machinery & expand operations

• Increasing overseas trade, economic prosperity, climate of progress led to increased demand for goods

Industrialization

The process of developing machine production of goods

What are the required resources for industrialization?

• Water power and coal for fuel

• Iron ore for construction, tools, and buildings

• rivers for inland transportation

• harbors for trading/merchants

What are the factors of production?

Land, Labor, Capital

What were the results of the agricultural revolution in Britain?

• Food prices decreased

• Population growth

• The average size of farms increased

What did John Kay invent?

In 1733, he invented a flying shuttle

• boat-shaped piece doubled the work a weaver could do in a day

In 1831 The reaper that boosted wheat production in the United States was invented by?

Cyrus McCormick

In 1837 Which New England painter, first sent electrical signals over a telegraph.

Samuel F. B. Morse,