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Industrial Revolution- Unit 4
Era of New Inventions
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History
10th Grade
02/26/2017

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Agricultural Revolution




 There were many technology advancements during the Agricultural Revolution.  

Definition

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


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Bourgeoisie



The bourgeoisie was the middle class.

Definition

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



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Capital

 

 

Capital goods were sold for profit amongst businesses. 

Definition

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


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Capitalism



Not many people are very fond of capitalism

Definition

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


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Communism




In communism, I feel as though not everyone would get their fair share. 

Definition

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 was used by many farmers. 

Definition

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


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Economy

 

 

 

The economy helps keep everything running and in place. 

Definition

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



The factors of production are divided into four categories.

Definition

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



Laissez-Faire allows things to take its own course without getting involved. 

Definition

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




People try to industrialize different countries. 

Definition

when a country or place develops a lot of industry


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Industrial Revolution



The Industrial Revolution lead to amazing inventions such as laughing gas.

Definition

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



Most natural resources were found landmarks such as rivers or mountains. 

Definition

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


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Proletariat



Workers in factories, who were known as proletariats, got very little pay. 

Definition

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



In order to take wealth away from the rich and give back to the poor, people would turn to socialism. 

Definition

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



Subsistence is basically like another word for poverty. 

Definition

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


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Textile




Definition
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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