Transcript Agricultural and Industrial Revolution - Ms. Malstrom

Agricultural and Industrial
Revolution
Mr. Eaton – World Studies
6th and 7th Period
How Would It Be to Live During PreIndustrialization?
• You would probably grow up on a farm,
subsisting on the fruits of your own labor
• Well, not all your labor, as your entire family
would be involved including your mom and
sisters working with looms
• Probably wouldn’t travel much outside of your
village or town
Agricultural Revolution
• Enclosure
– Wealthy landowners buy land from farmers and
begin to enclose them with fences/hedges
– Begin to experiment
Agricultural Inventions
• Jethro Tull and seed drill
– Spread seeds for larger amounts of seeds to take
root
• Crop Rotation as a practice
– Switch crop in particular field as to not deprive soil
of nutrients
• Livestock breeding
– Breed only the best of livestock for better
offspring
Effects of Agricultural Revolution
• Less labor means more free time
• Less labor also has an effect on women
– No longer another farm worker
– Find new way to help the family but are limited as
much of industry and farming now involves very heavy
lifting
– Reinforces stereotype of women belonging to the
home
• More food = more people, more people = more
demand
Why Did the Industrial Revolution Start
in Britain?
• Natural resources that are required for
production of goods
• Labor: remember those farmers whose land
was bought? Where did they go?
• Capital: what is capital and how does it effect
industry?
Inventions in Textiles
• John Kay – the shuttle doubles weaver’s
efficiency
• Spinning Jenny by James Hargreaves allows for
8 threads to spin at a time
• Soon water powered looms were created that
allowed for cheap mass production
• The cotton was cleaned (in the U.S.) using Eli
Whitney’s cotton gin
Transportation
• You have the demand and the product, how
do you transport it?
– James Watt creates a better steam engine
• Attach the steam engine to a boat and you get an
efficient steamboat
• Put it on wheels – Trains
Life After Industrialization
• Family is probably living in a smoggy city with
limited amenities
• Boys: working in a factory for very little
money, but you have to in order to survive
• Girls: are working in another house doing
labor or as a domestic servant
• Better chance of travel, most likely on a train