Industrial Revolution: Mr. Jacobs
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Anesthetic | Drug that prevents pain during surgery |
| Enclosure | The process of taking over and consolidating land formerly shared by peasant farmers |
| Statistics | Data that is gathered and tabulated tp present information |
| James Watt | Made advancements to Thomas Newcomen's steam engine |
| Capital | Money or wealth used to invest in business or enterprise |
| Enterprise | A business organization in such areas as shipping, mining, railroads, or factories |
| Entrepreneurs | A person who assumes financial risk in the hope of making a profit |
| Decades | Ten-year period of time |
| Eli Whitney | Invented the cotton gin that segarated the seeds from the raw cotton at a fast rate |
| Turnpikes | Private roads built by entrepreneurs who charged travelers a tool, or fee, to use them |
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