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Unit 4 Industrial Revolution
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History
10th Grade
02/26/2018

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Agricultural Revolution

The Agricultural Revolution led to the Seed Drill Invention
Definition
The Agricultural Revolution was a period of technological improvement and increased crop productivity that occurred during the 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe. In this lesson, learn the timeline, causes, effects and major inventions that spurred this shift in production.

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Bourgeoisie

A Bourgeoisie was the middle class of europe
Definition
the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.

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Capital

A Capital is the center of the state
Definition
the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.

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Capitalism

Capitalism is still run in some countries today
Definition
an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

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Communism

Communism a political standoff that still to this date have battles
Definition
a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

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Crop rotation

Crop rotation helped farmer produce more
Definition
planting inedible plants in order to replenish the nutrients stripped from last harvest.

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Economy

the Economy in the 18th century was very large and hungry
Definition
the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.

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Factors of production

Factors of production is what goes into the production of factories or farms
Definition
Factors of production is an economic term that describes the inputs that are used in the production of goods or services in order to make an economic profit. The factors of production include land, labor, capital and entrepreneurship.

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Laissez Faire

Laissez Faire is allowing things to pkay out
Definition
a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.

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Industrialize

to Industrialize is to experiment and advance
Definition
develop industries in (a country or region) on a wide scale.

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Industrial Revolution

the Industrial Revolution led to many new inventions
Definition
The rapid development of industry that occurred in Britain in the late 18th and 19th centuries, brought about by the introduction of machinery. It was characterized by the use of steam power, the growth of factories, and the mass production of manufactured goods.

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Natural resource

Natural resource is items such as water, coal, stone, iron.
Definition
materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

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Proletariat

Proletariat was the working class of the 18th century
Definition
workers or working-class people, regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism).
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Socialism

Socialism an economical term thinking people are mroe productive during socially
Definition
a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

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Subsistence

Subsistence to oneslef is unhealthy
Definition
the action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level.

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Textile

Textile led to making clothes better and stronger.
Definition
a type of cloth or woven fabric.

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