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Key Inventors & Reformers of the Industrial Revolution: Causes & Results

Explore the significant contributions of Jethro Tull, Edmund Cartwright, James Watt, Elizabeth Gaskell, Luddites, Adam Smith, Robert Owen, John Stuart Mill, and Karl Marx, and their impact on the Industrial Revolution.

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Key Inventors & Reformers of the Industrial Revolution: Causes & Results

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  1. Assignment #3: Key Inventors & Reformers Review Causes & Results of the Industrial Revolution to the right • Examine the following slides and read information in text and on links

  2. Jethro Tull(p.283)What did he do?Why is it important to the IR? http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/tull_jethro.shtml

  3. Edmund Cartwright(p. 286)What did he do?Why is it important to the IR? http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cartwright_edmund.shtml

  4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/watt_james.shtmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/watt_james.shtml James Watt (p.287) What did he do? Why is it important to the IR?

  5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2004/11/12/elizabeth_gaskell_feature.shtmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2004/11/12/elizabeth_gaskell_feature.shtml Elizabeth Gaskell (p. 290) What did she do? Why is it important to the IR?

  6. http://www.halinaking.co.uk/Location/Yorkshire/Frames/History/1811%20Luddites/1811%20Luddites.htmhttp://www.halinaking.co.uk/Location/Yorkshire/Frames/History/1811%20Luddites/1811%20Luddites.htm Luddites (p.292)What did they do?Why is it important to the IR?

  7. Adam Smith (p. 300)What did he do?Why is it important to the IR? http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/smith_adam.shtml

  8. Capitalism Private ownership of goods Price is decided by supply and demand Laissez-faire: the government should not regulate the economy.

  9. Robert Owen (p. 302)What did he do?Why is it important to the IR? http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/waleshistory/2011/01/robert_owen_socialist_visionary.html Owen’s cooperative factory town of “New Harmony”

  10. Socialism John Stuart Mill: “Greatest good for greatest number” More equality between classes The government and factory owners should regulate the economy to create better working conditions and less poverty.

  11. Karl Marx (p.302)What did he do?Why is it important to the IR? http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/marx_karl.shtml

  12. Marxism/Communism Society is divided into “haves” (the factory owners” and “have nots” (the workers). The IR enriches the wealthy and impoverishes the poor. Therefore the workers will rise up in revolution against the factory owners. They will then control the “means of production” themselves. There will be no more private property. There will be no need for government.

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