| A | B |
| capital | This refers to the wealth needed to invest in enterprises such as shipping, mines, railroads, and factories |
| textiles | The first industry to industrialize |
| John Kay | He invented the flying shuttle, whereupon weavers worked so fast that they soon outpaced the spinners |
| James Hargreaves | He produced the spinning Jenny in 1764, which spun threads at the same time |
| Richard Arkwright | He invented the waterframe, which used water power to speed up spinning even more |
| factories | Places that brought together workers and machines to produce large quantities of goods |
| turnpikes | Privately built raods that charged a fee to travelers who used them |
| George Stephenson | He developed the steam powered locomotives to pull carriages along iron rails |
| Robert Fulton | He used Watt's steam engine to power the "clermont" up the Hudson River in New York |