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  1. mill
    a facility for manufacturing
    Source B: A cotton mill in Manchester, England, c. 1834.
  2. innovation
    a creation resulting from study and experimentation
    Tradition describes a roaring take-off between 1770 and 1830, driven by a handful of technological innovations, such as textile machinery and James Watt’s improved steam engines; and, hey presto, Britain is “the workshop of the world”.
  3. textile
    of or relating to fabrics or fabric making
    Tradition describes a roaring take-off between 1770 and 1830, driven by a handful of technological innovations, such as textile machinery and James Watt’s improved steam engines; and, hey presto, Britain is “the workshop of the world”.
  4. workshop
    a place where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
    Tradition describes a roaring take-off between 1770 and 1830, driven by a handful of technological innovations, such as textile machinery and James Watt’s improved steam engines; and, hey presto, Britain is “the workshop of the world”.
  5. thriving
    very lively and profitable
    Next, the growth of thriving rural industries, supplementing farm incomes, which laid the basis for a skilled industrial workforce.
  6. supplement
    serve as an addition to
    Next, the growth of thriving rural industries, supplementing farm incomes, which laid the basis for a skilled industrial workforce.
  7. industrial
    of or relating to commercial enterprise
    Next, the growth of thriving rural industries, supplementing farm incomes, which laid the basis for a skilled industrial workforce.
  8. workforce
    the people employed or available for employment
    Next, the growth of thriving rural industries, supplementing farm incomes, which laid the basis for a skilled industrial workforce.
  9. regulation
    the act of controlling or directing according to rule
    Britain was helped too by easy access to the sea, political stability and light regulation of trade, finance and industry.
  10. specialized
    developed or designed for a particular activity or function
    It also developed a highly specialized workforce, speeding up the development of new products and processes.
  11. output
    the quantity of something that is created
    Industrial output, according to one modern estimate, rose by 0.7% a year between 1700 and 1760, by 1.3% in the 1760s and 1770s, 2.0% in the 1780s and 1790s, and 2.8% between 1800 and 1830.
  12. deposit
    matter that has been implanted by some natural process
    Source A: Map of selected mineral deposits in England
  13. sophisticated
    complex or intricate
    Why did tiny England, with a population of around 6 million in 1760, achieve an Industrial Revolution, when Japan alone had about 31 million people living in a sophisticated market economy, and China had nearly 270 million?
  14. economy
    the system of production and distribution and consumption
    Why did tiny England, with a population of around 6 million in 1760, achieve an Industrial Revolution, when Japan alone had about 31 million people living in a sophisticated market economy, and China had nearly 270 million?
  15. reserve
    something kept back or saved for future use
    ...Europe made this leap because it had coal reserves readily accessible to its population centers.
  16. ecological
    relating to the science of the environment
    In addition it had the massive, largely empty land area of the Americas relatively close at hand, to lift for a time the ecological constraint with a continent-sized flood of food and raw materials.
  17. constraint
    a limitation or restriction
    In addition it had the massive, largely empty land area of the Americas relatively close at hand, to lift for a time the ecological constraint with a continent-sized flood of food and raw materials.
  18. raw
    unprocessed or minimally processed
    In addition it had the massive, largely empty land area of the Americas relatively close at hand, to lift for a time the ecological constraint with a continent-sized flood of food and raw materials.
  19. advent
    arrival that has been awaited
    These rates were, however, still significantly lower than those achieved in northwestern Europe by the advent of the Industrial Revolution.
  20. retain
    allow to remain in a place or maintain a property or feature
    India, China, and Korea also retained characteristics into the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that made them resemble medieval Europe or the ancient world more than England on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Created on Wed Jun 19 11:39:54 EDT 2019 (updated Wed Jun 19 11:59:40 EDT 2019)

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