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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. What were adam smith's 3 natural laws of economics?






2. Social class made up of skilled workers - professionals - businesspeople - & wealthy farmers.






3. Luddites were also known as the...






4. The shift - beginning in England during the 18th century - from making goods by hands to making those goods by machine






5. Wrote about cruelties of war






6. Fenced-in/hedged-in fields created by wealthy british landowners on land that was formerly worked by British farmers.






7. A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country






8. Scottish engineer who made roads more efficient and easier to travel on






9. The style of capitalism in which the government did not interfere with the economy






10. British inventor who made steam engines faster and more efficient.






11. Resources consisting of land - labor - capital - and entrepreneurial skills combined to produce goods and services






12. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.






13. The idea that government should not interfere in business.






14. Who wrote an essay on the principle of population?






15. What did Robert Fulton name the steamboat he built?






16. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






17. Rivalry forces peoples to do better @ anything & also inspires peoples to make a better product






18. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






19. The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertileness of the land






20. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy






21. Believed that lower class will always remain the lower class






22. The growth of cities and the migration of people into them






23. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.






24. James hargreaves invented what?






25. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






26. James watt helped improve what?






27. Argued that population increased more rapidly that food supply - and therefore the number of people allowed to live should be limited






28. Machine that allowed workers to spin multiple strands of cotton at a time






29. Machine that made the rigorous job of cotton picking get done faster & more efficiently






30. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






31. Identical Machine-made parts.






32. Defended the idea of a free economy.






33. Organizations representing workers' interests.






34. Protests from the working class that led to the destroying of factory machines named by Ned






35. What did David Richardo write?






36. German thinker who had a radical view of socialism; Founder of modern communism.






37. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.






38. What did George Stephenson name the engine he built with the help of his son?






39. What did John Kay invent?






40. Who came up with the idea of livestock breeding?






41. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






42. The development of industries for the machine production of goods






43. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






44. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






45. The theory that society - not individuals should own all property and industry.






46. Organizations representing workers' interests.






47. Moved to cities from the countryside. Worked long hours with poor conditions. Organized unions and strikes.






48. Dug a hole into the ground and injected seeds into soil - which helped produce more crops






49. Theory of relativity






50. Someone who starts a business.