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Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution
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History
10th Grade
05/07/2014

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Industrial Revolution
Definition
when products started to be made by machines instead of by hand. Started with the textile industry (clothing)
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Agricultural Revolution
Definition
English farmers started producing more food with less workers needed.
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Enclosures
Definition
Wealthy farmers closed their lands with fences or hedges.
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Jethro Tull’s Seed Drill
Definition
Machine that placed seeds in rows at a specific depth so that planting was more efficient.
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Urbanization
Definition
The growth of cities
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standard of living
Definition
The amount of wealth, comfort, material goods and necessities available to a person or group of people
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Adam Smith
Definition
Wrote the book Wealth of Nations and is considered to be the founder of capitalism
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Capitalism/Market Economy/Free Market
Definition
Economic System where citizens own the businesses and provide products and services for everyone.
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Laissez Fair Capitalism
Definition
Government does not get involved in the economy. “Hands off”
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Socialism/communism
Definition
Means of Production are shared by citizens. Means of production are owned by government and operated for the welfare of the people.
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Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels
Definition
Wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1848 which introduced communism/socialism
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