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Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution
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History
10th Grade
02/25/2017

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Agricultural Revolution



Devices made in Agricultural Revolution  are still used today.

Definition

a significant change in agriculture that occurs when there are discoveries, inventions, or new technologies that change production


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Bourgeoisie



People who are in class known as Bourgeoisie were able to afford to buy land.

Definition

the people in a society who are rich, educated, own land etc, according to Marxism


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Capital



In movies, Capital  refers to the "center" of all the businesses. 

Definition

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


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Capitalism



Capitalism  is practiced in America.

Definition

an economic and political system in which businesses belong mostly to private owners, not to the government

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Communism



America does not like Communism.

Definition

a political system in which the government controls the production of all food and goods, and there is no privately owned property

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Crop rotation



Farmers used turnips as one of the crops in the crop rotation.

Definition

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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Economy



Every country has economy.

Definition

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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Factors of production



A lot of land materials are the factors of prodauction.

Definition

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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Laissez Faire



Laissez Faire allowes private business.

Definition

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

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Industrialize



Great Britain was the first country to Indsutrilize.

Definition

 

when a country or place develops a lot of industry

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Industrial Revolution



Items that were produced in the Industrial Revolution are still used today.

Definition

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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Natural resource



Britain had a lot of natuaral resources.

Definition

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

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Proletariat



Workers used proletariat.

Definition

the class of workers who own no property and work for wages, especially in factories, building things etc - used in socialist writings

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Socialism



Radical idea of sharing is also known as socialism.

Definition

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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Subsistence



Lower class are basing their lives on substistence.



Definition

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


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Textile



In art, it is really hard to draw out the detailes of textile.

Definition

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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