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