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Industrial Revolution
Unit 4
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History
10th Grade
02/24/2017

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Agricultural Revolution

 

An Agricultural Revolution happened in Europe during the 18th century

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a significant change in agriculture that occurs when there are discoveries, inventions, or new technologies that change production

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Bourgeoisie

 

A wealthy and educated person would be consired Bourgeoisie

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the people in a society who are rich, educated, own land etc, according to Marxism

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Capital

 

The industrial revolution gave Britain an increase in capital

 

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money or property, especially when it is used to start a business or to produce more wealth

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Capitalism

 

A lot of countries now run on capitalism

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an economic and political system in which businesses belong mostly to private owners, not to the government

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Communism

 

Russian is a communism country

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a political system in which the government controls the production of all food and goods, and there is no privately owned property

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Crop rotation

 

Crop rotation significantly changed agriculture and farming

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the practice of changing the crops that you grow in a field each year to preserve the good qualities in the soil

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Economy

 

The United States has a very wealthy economy

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the system by which a country's money and goods are produced and used, or a country considered in this way

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Factors of production

 

When creating or making products there will be factors of production

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a collection of various resources which contribute to producing goods or services, which fall into three main groups - land, labor, and capital

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Laissez Faire

 

Because of Laissez Faire, in Britain buissnesses were able to develop without government interferance

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the principle that the government should allow the economy or private businesses to develop without any state control or influence

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Industrialize

 

After Britain's industrialization many countries followed

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when a country or place develops a lot of industry

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Industrial Revolution

 

The Industrial Revolution started in the mid 1700s in Britain

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the period in the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe and the USA when machines were invented and the first factories were established

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Natural resource

 

Britain had an abundance of natural resources

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things that exist in nature and can be used by people, for example oil, trees etc

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Proletariat

 

The proletariat were not wealthy

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the class of workers who own no property and work for wages, especially in factories, building things etc - used in socialist writings

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Socialism

 

China is a country ran on socialism

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an economic and political system in which large industries are owned by the government, and taxes are used to take some wealth away from richer citizens and give it to poorer citizens

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Subsistence

 

Many people are in a state of Subsistence

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the condition of only just having enough money or food to stay alive

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Textile

 

Many textiles were produced during the industrial revolution

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any type of woven cloth that is made in large quantities, used especially by people in the business of making clothes etc

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