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Industrial Revolution
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History
10th Grade
02/24/2017

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1) Agricultural Revolution

The agricultural revolution made the population increase fast.

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a significant change in agriculture that occurs when there are discoveries, inventions, or new technologies that change production [image]
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2)Bourgeoisie

The bourgeoisie was a big class with a lot privileges.

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the people in a society who are rich, educated, own land etc, according to Marxism [image]
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3) Capital

The Capital was expanding because the increase of companies. 

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money or property, especially when it is used to start a business or to produce more wealth
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4) Capitalism

Little business is a capitalism.

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an economic and political system in which businesses belong mostly to private owners, not to the government [image]
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5)Communism

People thought communism was the government to controlling

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a political system in which the government controls the production of all food and goods, and there is no privately owned property [image]
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5)Crop rotation

Crop rotation helped the soil stay nourished.

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the practice of changing the crops that you grow in a field each year to preserve the good qualities in the soil
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7)Economy

The economy was developing during this time.

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the system by which a country's money and goods are produced and used, or a country considered in this way
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8) Factors of production

Factories were making goods fast and they had to make factors of production to straighten out the goods.

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a collection of various resources which contribute to producing goods or services, which fall into three main groups - land, labor, and capital
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9)Laissez Faire

Small companies were being treated as if they owned the government something until Laissez Faire took into place.

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the principle that the government should allow the economy or private businesses to develop without any state control or influence
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10)Industrialize

Britain inventions made the people and culture industrialized.

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when a country or place develops a lot of industry
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11)industrial Revolution

Industrial revolution was a big achievement in using new inventions.

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the period in the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe and the USA when machines were invented and the first factories were established
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12)Natural resource

The river was a natural resource for shipping across the sea.

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things that exist in nature and can be used by people, for example oil, trees etc
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13)Proletariat

Proletariat were treated as slaves.

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the class of workers who own no property and work for wages, especially in factories, building things etc - used in socialist writings [image]
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13)Socialism

The bourgeoisie was against socialism because they wanted to keep their wealth.

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an economic and political system in which large industries are owned by the government, and taxes are used to take some wealth away from richer citizens and give it to poorer citizens
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14)Subsistence

Before they industrial revolution they relied on little subsistence.

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the condition of only just having enough money or food to stay alive
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15)Textile

Wool helped keep the Britain people warm and is a textile.

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any type of woven cloth that is made in large quantities, used especially by people in the business of making clothes etc
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