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AP EURO CH 15
Agricultural and Industrial Revolution
Question | Answer |
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how did the majority of people feel about change and innovation | didn't want it, wanted tradition |
what was the most important fact of life for most of the population | grain harvest |
what is aristocratic resurgence | nobilitys reaction to threat they felt from expanding monarchies |
significance of land in 18th century | foudnation for power of nobility |
geographic trend in power of landords from west to east | power increased |
what taxes/dues were french peasants subject to? | banalties (forced them to use seigneur's mill/oven and pay for it, corvee (forced labor) |
what were robot? | serivce that serfs were required to give in Austria + prussia |
life for peasants in ottoman areas | officially free but dependednt and controlled by landlords |
define pugachev's rebellion | largest peasant rebellion in 18thc, in russia, pugachev promised serfs freedom from lords |
type of uprsisings in Europe | rural riots, aimed at property, pro tradition |
how were peasant uprisings considered conservative | targets carefully chosen |
game laws are prime example of | legislation related directly to economic and social status |
major concern about food supply | innovations would endanger it |
what happened to bread prices in 18th c and why? who benefitted? | slowly incerased bc population growth. landowners |
define agricultural revolution | 18th innovations in farming by landowners |
main factor for increase in population | more food |
impact of population explosion | created new demands for food, goods, jobs, increased migration, more social problems, more innovation |
define the inustrial revolution | period of sustained economic growth |
what made the industrial changes revolutionary | impact on future european society |
social factors that helped consumer economy | increased wealth and expanding domestic markets |
why were some critical of consumer economy | went against spartan asceticism and christian ethics |
textile production is key example of | industrialism growing to meet demands of consumer economy |
domestic/putting out system = | urban merchants sent wool to peasant houses to be spun then sold it |
what is flying shuttle | john kays invention that increased weaving productviity |
what is spinning jenny | allowed numerous threads to be spun on same machine |
what was water frame | water-powered device that priduced purely cotton fabric to meet cotton demand |
what did steam engine allow | industrialization to expand areas of production |
why was steam power better | portable source of power that did not change as seasons changed , unlimited energy source |
what fueled the industrial revolution | growing population/ consumer economy |