Transcript Industrial Revolution Begins

Agenda
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Assignment
Overview
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During the 1800s, Western nations started powering
machines by burning fuels, and the Industrial
Revolution was born. Products were now being
made in large factories, which put craftspeople out of
work but made goods more affordable. People left
farms and went to work in factory towns where they
worked long hours for low wages under terrible
conditions. In response, many workers adopted the
economic philosophy of socialism, which promised a
more equal distribution of wealth. Other workers
formed labor unions to fight for a better deal. Soon
Western nations would use their powerful machines
to conquer the world.
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Locations
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Japan
 Cuba
 Philippines
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Puerto Rico
Learning Objectives
 Understand
the reasons why the
Industrial Revolution began in Great
Britain
 Describe the living and working
conditions during the Industrial
Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Begins
Revolution in Great Britain
 1700s
= change in technology
 energy source changed from human &
animal power to machinery
 Industrial Revolution occurred when use
of power-driven machinery was
developed
 this started in Great Britain
Factors for Success
in Great Britain
 exploration
and colonialism
 power of the sea
 political stability
 government support
 growth of private investment
Agricultural Factors
 Jethro Tull invented seed drill
 landowners bought up small farms and
consolidated them in the enclosure
movement
 1701
A New Way of Making Cloth
 cloth
was now made from wool and
cotton
 more
sheep could be raised due to the
enclosure movement
 cotton came to Great Britain from the
colonies
 new
inventions helped the process of
cloth making
Cotton Gin
 invented
by Eli Whitney
 removed seeds from raw cotton
Power Loom
 invented
by Edmund Cartwright in 1785
 automated the weaving process
Cloth Making Outside the Home
 new
inventions to speed up the cloth
making process were big machines
 machines needed a special place to
house them
 cloth now made
in FACTORIES
Coal for British Steam Engines
 coal
mining industry in northern and
western England grew
 by 1800, Great Britain produced 80% of
Europe’s coal
 mining was dangerous
 explosions
 coal
dust
 collapsing shafts
 hard labor
Children Working
Living & Working
Conditions of the
Industrial Revolution
Cottage Industries
 people
worked from home
 there were many pros to this type of
industry
 scheduling
& adjustment of schedules
 direct partnership with merchant
 shorter hours & less demanding
 there
 loss
were also some cons
of equipment
 loss of parents
 difficult & time-consuming to learn
Factory Industries
 people
worked in factories
 pros to working in a factory
 several
separate, easy jobs
 allowed middle-class to grow
 women & children could work
 cons
to working in a factory
 tasks
were often dangerous
 more pollution
 women & children could work
Factory Towns
 grew
up around factories
 many people lived in cramped
conditions
 pollution increased because of factories
 poor sanitation
Mass Production
 allowed
large number of identical items
to be manufactured
 two elements made this possible:
1. interchangeable parts
- identical, machine made parts
- easy production & repair
2. assembly line
- product moves from worker to
worker
Journal Writing
 Google
“Child Labor Industrial
Revolution”
 Read about how it was
 Type half of a page describing how your
life is. Where do you work? What do
you do? How long do you work? How
much do you get paid?
 Due Next Tuesday