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SC 7-3.4
SC 7-3.4 The Rise of Industry
| TERM | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| industrialism | system based on the use of machines rather than on animal or human power |
| Agricultural Revolution | sweeping changes in farming |
| enclosure movement | movement began when Parliament allowed large landowners to fence off common lands THAT HAD BEEN USED FOR FARMING |
| textile | woven cloth |
| crop rotation | rotating crops on three fields instead of two |
| domestic system | "cottage industry"-Merchants went from cottage to cottage (homes) delivering sheep wool to workers. The workers using hand-powered wheels and looms, spun and wove the wool into cloth which the merchants would later pick up and sell the finished textiles. |
| factory system | method of production that brought machines and workers together in one place, workers no longer made cloth in their homes |
| urbanization | the movement of people from rural (country) areas to cities (urban) |
| monopoly | total control of an industry |
| means of production | factories, land, capital (money), and raw materials |
| industrial capitalism | a system based on the industrial production of goods |
| partnership | involves two or more entrepreneurs (people who invest money to earn a profit) |
| corporation | organizations owned by stockholders who buy shares in a company (like a joint-stock-company) |
| trade UNION | an association of workers with the same skill who unite to improve wages, benefits, working conditions, and worker rights |
| strike | the refusal to work |
| socialism | a new idea believing that society (represented in the form of a government) should own and control the means of production |