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Industrial Rev
18th-20th century
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Enclosure Movement | Privatized land with ownership of fewer hands |
| Agricultural Revolution | crop rotations, new crops, and inventions |
| Population Explosion | more production of food, medical advances (Edward Jenner smallpox vaccine) |
| Commercial Revolution | capital for investment, banking systems |
| John Kay | flying shuttle weaving 2x faster |
| James Hargreaves | spinning jenny 6-8 threads spun |
| Richard Arkwright | water frame streams power machines |
| Samuel Compton | spinning jenny + water frame |
| Edmund Cartwright | power loom |
| Eli Whitney | cotton gin |
| James Watt | steam engine |
| Robert Fulton | steamboat "Clermont" |
| Samuel F.B Morse | telegraph and morse code |
| Consequences | destruction of env., industrial diseases, urbanization led to crime..., extreme working conditions, iron law of wages (luddites, low wages, no social safety net, destruction of family unit. |