Transcript Industrial Revolution

Industrial
Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
Enclosures: Larger fields. Harvest
methods
– Seed Drill: Instead of throwing seeds
– Crop Rotation: Improved on three field
system. Planted different crops on the same
field on different seasons. Food output
increases causes an increase in population.
England
Large working population
Natural resources (iron, coal, rivers,
harbors, water power)
Business investment
Politically stable
High factors of production
Industrialization: process of developing
machine production of goods
Textile industry
1733 Flying Shuttle: doubled work a
weaver could do
1764 Spinning Jenny: allowed one spinner
to work eight threads at a time
1769: Water frame: used water power to
drive spinning wheels
1787: Power Loom: Sped up weaving
Cotton Gin: Eli Whitney. (Cotton production
went from 1.5 million to 85 million in 20 years)
Transportation
Steam engine: Watt
Steamboat: Fulton
Roads: Adams
Railroads
– increased the growth of industry
– created new jobs
– Boosted food industry. Longer distances
– Rural people could take city jobs
Industrialization
Lives change
– people could make more money in cities
– Urbanization: # of European cities with
100,000 people went from 22 to 47 in 50
years
Changes
Sanitation: no garbage pick up, no drains
in the streets
Working: 14/6, injuries, lighting, illness
Time
Classes:
– middle: new, business men, $
– working: machines began to replace them
Positives
Short term
more jobs
increase in the nations wealth
technological progress
increased standards of living
more people could have goods
PROVIDED HOPE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIVES
Long term
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luxuries become common possessions
suburbs grow
standard of living
workers win shorter hours, better conditions, higher wages