The Industrial Revolution: Part 1

8. The time in history during which there were vast improvements in production and changes in manufacturing, agriculture, mining, transportation, and social and economic conditions.
9. These were initially developed to improve crop and livestock production.
10. These became the main way in which unprocessed goods were transported.
13. There was a great need for this material to improve a machine's ability to withstand steam.
14. These were people that protested against the use of machines in factories. They blamed a man named Ned Ludd for their actions.
17. Land that is shared and can be used by everyone.
18. These were created to help save money for people who were ill or unemployed. The members also fought for shorter working hours and the end of child labour.
21. An alias that was used by protesters to protect their identities during the riots.
22. A person who has a trading business.
23. Factory workers became__________ while the workers lived in poverty.
24. Industries at home that made handicrafts such as cloths.

1. The house of John Pinney and his family. It was built in 1790 with the mony Pinney made from his slave sugar plantations.
2. These were places established to help the poor. In exchange for food and a place to sleep, people worked for no pay.
3. This person improved the technology of the steam engine in about 1770.
4. These were built because machines were too large to fit into people's houses.
5. These were invented to help workers separate grains of wheat from the husks and stalks more efficiently
6. The process that describes the movement of people away from rural areas to towns and cities.
7. To make things using machines.
11. One of the oldest cottage industries in England.
12. __________ were the best source of work because they could reach small places, they could be paid little, and they seldom protested.
15. Children's safety was horribly ____________ in the mines and factories
16. This system was introduced and it meant that only one wealthy person could own and use one section of land.
19. John MacAdam invented this to make transport easier
20. These were protests and resistance by farm labourers that spread all over Southern England in 1830.