WH B Ch 25 VOCAB S 1&2

Resources including land, labor & capital – that are needed to produce goods & services.

Englishman & engineer made famous by hauling iron to factories & designing steam engines.

Social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, merchants & wealthy farmers.

Person that financially backed Watt to produce the improved steam engine design.

The first scientific farmer, he invented the Seed Drill whichincrease the amount of food grown.

American that invented the Cotton Gin which enhanced the production of cotton in the US.

Someone who organizes, manages and takes on the risks of running a business.

Writer & outspoken supporter of England’s working class & the miseries they went through.

Englishman who invented the first practical and efficient steam engine.

A large building in which machinery is used to manufacture goods.

System of dividing fields into 4 parts which improved soil & increased amount of food grown.

Beginning in England, this period was when people made goods by hand to making them by machine

The process of fencing-in or hedged-in fields created by wealthy British landowners.

Process of going from making goods by hand switching to the mechanical production of goods.

The growth of cities & the migration of people into them.