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9.1 Study Guide

Overview:

  • Industrial Revolution: Greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in England in the mid-1700s
  • Agricultural Revolution: Inventions and innovations in agriculture

Agricultural Revoltion:

  • Enclosure movement caused small farmers to be forced out of farming
  • Crop Rotation created more food for more people, yet continued to force out small farmers

England:

  • Large population
  • Lots of natural resources
  • Had a large economy
  • A large banking system
  • Political Stability
  • Factors of Production:
    • Land, Labor, + Capital

Inventions:

  • Flying Shuttle - John Kay
  • Foot Treadle - I.M. Singer
  • Spinning Jenny - James Hargreaves
  • Water Frame - Richard Arkwright
  • Steam Engine - James Watt
  • Steamboats - Robert Fulton
  • The McAdam Railroad (Created Better Roads) - John McAdams
  • Steam-Driven Locomotives - Richard Trevithick
  • Cotton Gin - Eli Whitney
  • Seed Drill - Jethro Toll

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