MWH Chapter 9

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Urbanization City building and the movement of people to cities. rsks
Entrepreneur A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks to do so.
Luddite A group of working class people: attacked factories sin Northern England and rioted because of poor living and working conditions.
Middle Class A social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people, and wealthy farmers.
Samuel Slater A British mill worker who built a spinning machine from memory and partial design.
Francis Cabot Mechanized every stage in the manufacture of cloth
Corportation A business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts
Capitalism An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by state.
Socialism All factors of production are owned by the public and operate welfare for all.
Adam Smith Believed economic liberty guaranteed economic progress; the government should not interfere.
Thomas Maithus Believed population tended to increase more rapidly than food supply. Without wars and epidemics to kill off extra people, most were destined to be poor and miserable.
Inventions in textile industry -Spinning Jenny -Cotton Gin
Improvements in farming methods from Agricultural Revolution -Crop rotation -Livestock breeding
Enclosure movement Wealthy landowners bought land from village farmers, enclosed it, and experimented with more efficient farming methods.
Why Industrial Revolution started in England -Natural resources -Good banking system -Expanding economy
Positive effects of Industrial Revolution -Better quality of life -Plentiful jobs
Negative effects of Industrial Revolution -Unhealthy working conditions -Child labor
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