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The Industrial Revolution



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4 Invented by James Hargreaves in 1764, this device had 8 spindles and increased by eightfold the amount a worker could produce.
5 As part of the pre-industrial financial revolution, the ___________________ of England was established in 1694, and it began to issue and encourage credit shortly thereafter.
6 They held a monopoly on the trade of cloves, mace, and nutmeg from the “Spice Islands” in Southeast Asia.
7 Pre-industrial tradition in which merchants gave raw materials for one stage of a craft (ex. Shoe making) to women and families so they could make extra money in the evening hours.
8 Built by James Kay, a clockmaker, this simple weaving machine improved on an old hand loom, allowing a worker to pull a cord of rope back and forth, to send a small piece of wood across a wood frame and through threads, to weave cloth.
9 When large landowners closed off on all sides what had been common village land, taking away shared usage of pastures and forests across England.
10 Book written by a Danish born police reporter filled with stories and photos of immigrant life in the slums and tenements of the 19th century.
12 The brainchild of Richard Trevithick, this was the first full-scale steam-powered locomotive, and it took its maiden voyage down the main street of Camborne, England on Christmas Eve in 1801.
14 Passed by British Parliament in 1799, these said that workers could not unionize or come together as a group to demand better working conditions.
15 This was a simple engine that used steam to pump water out of coalmines.
1 The idea for the first textile ______________, a word derived from “manufactory,” the place where goods were manufactured, came from a British silk mill worker, John Lombe.
2 A period in which food production increased greatly starting in the late 17th century and accelerating through the 18th century.
3 The innovations during the Industrial Revolution accelerate the rise of an economic system called _________________.
11 ______________, which were set up by the government in 1834, were deliberately harsh places to discourage people from staying on government
13 Invented in 1785, this device, created by Edward Cartwright, was powered by steam and was a much more efficient weaving machine than any previous versions.
16 Because of the expense of silk, Great Britain began their experiment with industrialization through the use of what type of textiles in their factories?
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