pg 550 (im so tired of the book)

Pg.550

#1

1. Enclosure movement: The practice of fencing or enclosing common lands into individual holdings.

2. Crop rotation: Planting different crops in the fields each year.

3. Industrial revolution: An era of rapid industrial devlopment.

4. Factors of production: The favorable combinations of needed factors; land, capital, and labor.

5. Mechanization:  Automatic machinery was used to increase production.

6. Factory system: Production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers. 

7. Vulcanization: Process of treating rubber to make it more useful.

 

#2

1. Jethro Tull: A landowner that was concerned about the amount of seed wasted by hand-scattering it over fields. He invented a seed drill that made it possible to plant seeds in straight rows. He also made a horse-drawn hoe to dig up weeds between the rows and break up soil before planting.

2. Richard Arkwright: Invented a way to drive the machine made by James Haragreaves by waterpower.

3. Eli Whiteny: Invented the cotton gin. A machine that could clean much more cotton in a day than hand laborers could.

4. James Watt: He studied and improved  Newcomer’s machine.

5. Henry Bessemer: Working independently, developed what came to be known as the Bessemer process. It is a cheaper and more efficient method of making steel.

6. Robert Fulton: The first to build a profitable steamboat.

7. Samuel Morce: Sent an electric current through a wire, causing a machine at the other end to click.