Vocabulary and Inventions

1. Industrialization - the use of machines rather than human and animals
2. Urbanization - When Agriculture revolution forced the farmers to live in the city
3. Flying Shuttle - Shortened the amount of weaving a worker could do in one day
4. Laissez-Faire Capitalism - the economy should be run without government inteference

1. Spinning Jenny - allowed one spinner to spin 8 threads at a time
2. Cotton Gin - increased the production of cotton
3. Steam Engine - invented to power machines with the source of water
4. Mass Production - event that lead to goods being more accessible to more people
5. Cottage Industry - people that worked in their homes instead of in the factory
6. Monopoly - one company controlling an entire market
7. Socialism - an idea that the government should control means of production
8. Communism - the idea that the lower class should overthrow the upper class

The Beginning

-Started in the city of Great Britain in the late 1700s

-The factors needed for Industrialization were: Natural Resources, Experienced Entrepreneurs, the growing population, Increasing world trade & the Economic Process

-Industrialization is the use of machines instead of humans/animals

-Agriculture issues forced farmers to live in cities, called Urbanization

The Spread

-Eventually spread to the US and other countries in Europe (like Belgium & Germany)

-It also spread to some Asian countries such as Japan

-Forced to industrialize because of the imperialistic threats happening against the country

-Caused major political, cultural and economic changes to the nations in the world

The Economic Changes

-Began with the start of inventing machines

-The textile industry was the first to be industrialized

-Woven cloth with the machines starting to do the work

-Jobs that used to be done by hand in the cottage industry were now going to be replaced by machines

The Steam Engine

-Initially, factories needed to be built by sources of water t power the machines

-Eventually, James Wattinvented the Steam Engine

-Factories began being built away from water sources, and the steam engine was powered by coal and made of iron

-Lead to the changes of transportation such as the steamboat and the locomotive

-Changes in transportation helps travel become easier and lead to trade over long distances