Industrial Revolution
England
city life
agricultural rev
inventions
legislation reform
factory life
government philosophies
England is where the Agricultural rev. started. they lacked resources, but had many that they never used such as a lot of access to water( helped with transport and trade)
macadam road invented by john macadam made roads for transport
Factories were jobs for many people which made them move to cities. since many people moved to cities because of factory jobs the cities became un healthy and unsafe .
work day was not regulated and people started working in factories as early as 5 years old.
started in 1600- 1900 and made changes in farming
Crop rotation- switched crops year to year which produced more foo
enclosure- physically enclosed farm land with fences
selective breeding- Breed the strongest and healthiest animals to produce better animals
inventions such as the railroad which helped with transport , invented by George Stephenson .
the spinny Jenny which made cotton invented by James Hargreaves
Richard arkwright- invented the water frame to make it easier to make clothes
cities were horrible. Many people can to cities to work in factories.
Factories in the cities were filled with women and young children
funded societies to create inventions
Women and children worked in mines. life was not good for them
factory life was also included in the LR
utopian communities formed
paris and london develeoped communes
capitalism free enterprice system where people control the economy