Industrial Revolutio Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| "squirearchy" | the landowners who ran england from 1688-1832 |
| enclosure acts | authorized the enclosure, by fencing, walls or hedges, of the old common lands and unfenced open feilds |
| John Kay | invented the fly shuttle in 1733 |
| Richard Arkwright | patented the water frame in 1769 |
| James Watt | made inprovements on Newcomen's engine in 1763; it became the first "locomotive" |
| spinning jenny | the effect of the fly shuttle; a kind of mechanized spinning wheel |
| George Stephenson | built the first satisfactory locomotive, Rocket, in 1829 and it toped at 16 mph |
| power loom | pateneted by Cartwright; steam powered and was used to mass produce cloth |
| Factory act of 1802 | early form of "child labor laws"; had no effect |
| Adam Smith | published "Wealth of Nations" in 1776 |
| Malthus | Essay on Population |
| Ricardo's "iron law of wages" | when laborers get a higher salary, they have bigger families, which in turn costs more. therefore, the working class will never be more because they will always inevitably have little money |
| laissez faire | free market is economic relationships without the influence of politics or government |
| free trade | no taxes on any trade, anywhere |
| "gentlemen of England" | "squirearchy" |
| effect of enclosure acts | land came under a strict regime of private ownership or individual management |
| fly shuttle | made it so only one person was required to operate a loom instead of two |
| water frame | a device for the multiple spinning of many threads; by the 1780's it was powered by the steam engine instead of water |
| Thomas Newcomen | built the first economically significant steam engine |
| Hargreaves | invented the spinning jenny |
| "Wealth of Nations" | criticized mercantilism, urged "natural laws" |
| Essay on Population | The two things that man wants are food and sex, and neither can be controlled. The worlds resources are limited and once they are exhausted, life will end. |
| geographical advantages to the British In. Rev | high supply of natural resources (iron, coal), security from invasion, ports and trade, and navigable rivers |
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