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Industrial Revolution
Vocab and Inventors
15
History
9th Grade
06/21/2006

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John Kay
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The Flying Shuttle
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James Watt
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A steam engine to power machines in factories
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James Macadam
Definition
A road building process still used in rural areas today
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Charles Dickens
Definition
A novelist who drew attention to the poor
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Jethro Tull
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The seed drill
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George Stephenson
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The first train ("The Rocket.")
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James Heargraves
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The Spinning Jenny
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Enclosure
Definition
The system of enclosing large area of land for a specific purpose
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Mass Production
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The system where things are produces quicklyl and cheaply in large quantities, often with sophisticaled equipment.
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Supply and Demand
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The law of economics which says that the price of things changes depending on how much of it there is and how many people want it
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Cottage Industry
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When people make things at home, then sell them
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Textiles
Definition
Cloth and cloth products
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Industrialized
Definition
An economy based on industry instead of agriculture
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Factory system
Definition
When things are made in factories by many people performing one task each using technology
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Labor Unions
Definition
A place where poor people were lodged an given little food for work
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