What economic shift defined the Industrial Revolution?
A shift from agriculture and handicraft to industry and machine manufacturing.
Where and when did the Industrial Revolution begin?
In Britain in the late 1700s.
Where did the Industrial Revolution spread after beginning in Britain?
To other parts of the world.
What date range is given for the Second Industrial Revolution?
Approximately 1870–1914.
Which technologies and energy sources characterized the Second Industrial Revolution?
Steel, electricity, oil, and chemistry.
How did mechanized, standardized assembly-line production affect manufactured goods?
It made them cheaper and accessible to more consumers.
What consumption pattern did cheaper manufactured goods encourage?
Mass production and mass consumption.
What drew rural populations into industrial towns?
The development of factories.
What urban conditions followed factory-driven rural migration?
Rapid urbanization, overcrowding, slums, and working-class suburbs.
Which social groups expanded or gained strength through industrialization?
The bourgeoisie and the urban working class.
Which natural resources essential to industrialization did Britain possess extensively?
Coal and iron ore deposits.
How did British political stability and colonial power support industrialization?
They provided access to raw materials and markets for manufactured goods.
What did merchants seek as demand for British goods increased?
Cheaper production methods.
What did cheaper production methods encourage in Britain?
Mechanization and the factory system.
What was enclosure during the Tudor period?
Wealthier farmers bought large areas of land and barred others from using them.
How did enclosure affect subsistence farming?
It made subsistence farming more precarious.
How did England’s population change between 1500 and 1650?
It more than doubled, from 2.5 million to 5.6 million.
What were examples of British cottage industries before large-scale factories?
Home cloth-making, Midlands metal production, and Northern coal mining.
Which invention did Richard Arkwright introduce in 1769?
A spinning frame that greatly increased thread production.
Who invented the spinning frame in 1769?
Richard Arkwright.
Which factory-powering technology did James Watt and Matthew Boulton introduce in the 1770s?
An efficient steam engine.
Who introduced an efficient factory steam engine in the 1770s?
James Watt and Matthew Boulton.
Which device did James Hargreaves invent around 1764?
The spinning jenny.
How many people lived in Britain in 1750?
11 million.
How many people lived in Britain in 1825?
21 million.
What was the most common work in Britain in 1750?
Farming.
How did people commonly travel in Britain in 1750?
By foot, horse, or boat.
How long did the London-to-Edinburgh road journey take in 1750?
Twelve days.
What public-health changes were common in towns by 1900?
Water was piped in, streets were cleaned, and sewers were improved.
Where did industrialization draw women beyond domestic and home-based work?
Into mines and mills.
Why did industries increasingly need coal during industrialization?
Machines replaced individual labour.
How did women’s industrial wages compare with men’s?
Women were paid less than men.
What unpaid duties did women’s paid industrial work not replace?
Cooking, cleaning, and childcare.
What date ranges are given for the First Industrial Revolution?
Approximately 1760–1870 and 1760–1890.
Which energy source chiefly powered the First Industrial Revolution?
Coal and steam power.
Which materials and industries characterized the First Industrial Revolution?
Iron, textiles, and mechanical engineering.
What social developments arose amid bourgeois-worker tensions?
Trade unions and labour movements.
Which department stores exemplified consumer culture in rapidly growing cities?
Le Bon Marché, Macy’s, and Harrods.
Which forms of entertainment and culture developed in rapidly growing cities?
Advertising, cinema, music halls, and new forms of art and entertainment.
How did Britain’s colonial empire support overseas exchange?
It provided access to overseas markets.
Which port grew with Britain’s colonial exchange?
Liverpool.
Which developments contributed to Britain’s early industrialization?
Technological innovation and the effects of the Agricultural Revolution.
What share of England’s population lived in rural communities in the 16th century?
As many as nine out of ten people.
What intensified hardship in England from 1594 to 1597?
Poor harvests coincided with grain prices rising faster than average wages.
What helped enrich merchants in Liverpool and Bristol?
Colonial markets and domestic demand for goods such as sugar and tobacco.
Who often harvested colonial sugar and tobacco crops?
Enslaved people in the colonies.
How many spinning jennies were in use across Britain by James Hargreaves’s death?
More than 20,000.
Which fuel did Abraham Darby’s early-18th-century furnace use instead of charcoal?
Coke.
Which metal did Henry Bessemer develop an inexpensive mass-production process for in the 1850s?
Steel.
Which transport systems served industrial landscapes by 1900?
Steamships, railways, steam locomotives, and electric trams.
What happened to agricultural land in industrial landscapes by 1900?
There was less agricultural land.
What employment pattern did many families seek in the late 18th century?
Employment together in the same factory or mine.
What did factory work give some single women?
Greater independence.
How many hours a week did some factory women work?
Up to 80 hours.
What did Elizabeth Bentley tell a parliamentary investigation in 1832?
Dusty, hard work in a flax mill near Leeds damaged her health.
Who were parish apprentices in the source?
Orphans from southern English workhouses.
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