ACTIVITY 1: I complete the notes

 - (par. 1) The Industrial Revolution,

a turining point in European history because of some total changes in economic and social life,

led to growth of two systems of thought:

1) Ecomonic Science 2) Socialism

a) Adam Smith

b) Malthus

c) Ricardo

d) John Stuart Mill

- (par. 2-3) Facts of Industrial Revolution

1) Growth of population

2) Decline in the agricultural population

- (par. 4) Decrease in rural population

 causes: 1) Destruction of the common-fields system of cultivation

      2) Enclosure of common and waste lands

      3) Consolidation of small farms into large

- (par.5) Agricultural advance.

cause - more scienfific approach:

e.g.

breed of cattle

rotation of crops

steam-plough

agricultural societies

- (par. 6-7) Growth of industry

causes;

1) mechanical inventions in textile industry

e.g.

spinning-jenny

water-frame

Crompton's mule

self-acting mule

most important:

steam engine

power-loom

2) mechanical revolution in iron industry

e.g.

invention of smelling by pit-coal

application of the steam-engine to blast furnaces

3) improved means of communication

e.g.

canal system

turnpike road

railroad

results: 1) increase in commerce

     2) substitution of factory system for domestic system.

- (par. 8) Revolution in distribution of wealth:

rise in rent caused by

1) money invested in improvements

2) enclosure system

3) consolidation of farms

4) high price of corm

social changes in country life:

- (par.9) Social changes in manufacturing world:

1) change in the balance of political power

2) change in the position of classes

consequences:

1) profit for the farmet class 

2) disadvantages of the labourer

3) class conflict.

- (par.10) Misery of working people often caused by:

1) fall in wages

2) rise of bread prices

3) fluctuation of trade

Conclusion: Production of wealth without the production of weel-beign