Industrial Revolution and Irish Potato Famine set 1 Flashcards

– To make or produce goods, usually in a factory.

– To make changes to improve something, like laws or systems.

– A person who starts and runs a business.

– A new idea, method, or invention that improves something.

– To convince someone to believe or do something.

– Related to farming or the use of land for growing crops.

– Farming only enough to feed the farmer and their family, not to sell.

– Land shared by a community for grazing animals or farming.

– When common land was fenced off and turned into private property.

– Making goods at home rather than in a factory.

– A tool that plants seeds in neat rows to grow crops more efficiently.

– Rotating four different crops on the same land to keep the soil healthy.

– The growth of cities as more people move from the countryside.

– Using machines to do work that people used to do by hand.

1. – A machine that made weaving cloth faster.

– A machine that allowed one worker to spin many threads at once.

– Cloth or fabric made by weaving, knitting, or other methods.