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A machine that drives different types of machinery.
The energy is transferred by belts.
The Scottish James Watt invented the condensing steam engine in 1769.
This new technology marked the beginning of the Industrial Revolution because now it was possible to make large amounts of cloth for less money and less time than before. |
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The changes that took place in economy, technology, and society because of the Industrial Revolution:
mass production of goods in factories and not in people's homes or small workshops
urbanization |
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The time of fundamental technological, economic and social change.
The Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the late 19th century and spread throughout the world. The industrial revolution completely changed the ways in which the world produced goods.
The I. R. also changed the way people lived (see Urbanization). |
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Wahlrecht.
Suffrage means the right to vote.
In most countries today , the right to vote is every person’s birth right (universal suffrage).
Until the end of the 19th century, only men with some property and income could vote in most Western ‘‘democracies’’(census suffrage).[image] |
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Democracy is a form of a government in which all the people of a country vote to elect their representatives.
In a democracy, the majority rules, but the rights of minorities are protected by law. Everybody enjoys the basic human rights |
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| A factory is a building where many people produce goods with machines that are powered by steam, water or electricity. |
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| A workshop is a room or building in which things are made or repaired usually by hand using tools or small machinery. |
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| A trade union is an organization of workers in the same job or related job (e.g. metalworker) who join together to get better wages, working hours and better working conditions for all members. |
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| The working class (also called the proletariat) was the social class which included the factory workers who didn’t have much money, power and property and mostly used their hands and muscle power to work. |
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| Urbanization is the process in which the percentage of people living in towns and cities grows while the percentage of people living in villages and in the countryside goes down. |
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Productivity growth
Produktivität = Leistung: Aufwand |
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Produktivitätswachstum.
Productivity growth means that the amount of goods and services that are produced during a certain period of time grows. Usually also less work and money is needed to produce them. |
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A parliament is a group of people who are elected to make or change the laws of a country and decide what policies the country should follow.
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